CVE-2006-0143
highpriority · attend · 51EPSS 0.313 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 server= datacenter_64-bitnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprisenvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprise_64-bitnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows 2003 server= standard_64-bitnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044enisa_euvd
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