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CVE-2008-2249

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 31.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984

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