CVE-2005-2124

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 55.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."

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://securityreason.com/securityalert/161
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015168
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-228.pdf
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108a.html
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051108b.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/433341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15356
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-312A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2348

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