CVE-2008-1087

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 56.6% 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

Stack-based buffer overflow 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 image file with crafted filename parameters, aka "GDI Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29704
http://www.osvdb.org/44215
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28570
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019798
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1145/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5580
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5442
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6656
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2

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