CVE-2009-1808

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by making an SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call with an improperly terminated pvParam argument, followed by an SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35323
http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=78
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35120
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022330
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50903
http://secunia.com/advisories/35323
http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=78
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35120
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022330
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50903

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