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CVE-2008-1083

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 57.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an EMF or WMF image file with a malformed header that triggers an integer overflow, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0168.html
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=681
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29704
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948590
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/632963
• http://www.osvdb.org/44213
• http://www.osvdb.org/44214
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490584/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28571
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30933
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019798

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