CVE-2007-1211

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly persistent restart) via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) image that causes an invalid dereference of an offset in a kernel structure, a related issue to CVE-2005-4560.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: gold, sp1, sp2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=499
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466186/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23275
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017843
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1215
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33258
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1571
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=499
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466186/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23275
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017843

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