CVE-2005-2123

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 61.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format images that lead to heap-based buffer overflows, as demonstrated using MRBP16::bCheckRecord.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 64-bit, itanium, r2, sp1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
http://secunia.com/advisories/17461
http://secunia.com/advisories/17498
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015168
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-228.pdf
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108b.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15352
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-312A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2348
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-053
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1063

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