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CVE-2006-4071

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sign extension vulnerability in the createBrushIndirect function in the GDI library (gdi32.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted WMF file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2, sp1
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://determina.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-wrong-with-wmf.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/048530.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/048547.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21377
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1353
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442420/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442426/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456585/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19365
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21992
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3180
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28281

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