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CVE-2009-1217

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-193

Description

Off-by-one error in the GpFont::SetData function in gdiplus.dll in Microsoft GDI+ on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application termination) via a crafted EMF file that triggers an integer overflow, as demonstrated by voltage-exploit.emf, aka the "Microsoft GdiPlus EMF GpFont.SetData integer overflow."

Affected products

• Microsoft Gdi+: all versions

References

• http://bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-gdiplus-emf-gpfontsetdata.html
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/03/26/new-emf-gdiplus-dll-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34250
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0832
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49438
• http://bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-gdiplus-emf-gpfontsetdata.html
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/03/26/new-emf-gdiplus-dll-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34250
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0832
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49438

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