CVE-2008-2249

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-12-10 14:00:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:02:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit) (intial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

References

20081209 Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface Integer Overflow Vulnerability

1021365

TA08-344A

US Government Resource

ADV-2008-3383

MS08-071

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5984

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