VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-0143
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 31.3%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 31.27% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.