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CVE-2006-2376

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 41.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-06-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the PolyPolygon function in Graphics Rendering Engine on Microsoft Windows 98 and Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) or EMF image with a sum of entries in the vertext counts array and number of polygons that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20631
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1094
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016286
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/909508
• http://www.osvdb.org/26431
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436950/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18322
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2324
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-026
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26815
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20631

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