CVE-2008-4327

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not properly handle crafted .ico files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a certain crash.ico file on a web site, and allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and persistent application crash) via this crash.ico file on the desktop, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2237.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31432
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45464
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6588
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31432
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45464
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6588

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