CVE-2008-1083
highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.570 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an EMF or WMF image file with a malformed header that triggers an integer overflow, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-5442Microsoft Windows - GDI Image Parsing Stack Overflow (MS08-021)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-6330Microsoft Windows - GDI (CreateDIBPatternBrushPt) Heap Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-6656Microsoft Windows - GDI (EMR_COLORMATCHTOTARGETW) (MS08-021)functional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (40)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0168.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=681enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29704enisa_euvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948590enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/632963enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/44213enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/44214enisa_euvd
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