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CVE-2010-1098

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-03-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The ANI parser in Microsoft Windows before 7 on the x86 platform, as used in Internet Explorer and other applications, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted biClrUsed value in the BITMAPINFO header of a .ANI file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://code.google.com/p/skylined/issues/detail?id=3
• http://skypher.com/index.php/2010/03/08/ani-file-bitmapinfoheader-biclrused-bounds-check-missing/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38579
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56756
• http://code.google.com/p/skylined/issues/detail?id=3
• http://skypher.com/index.php/2010/03/08/ani-file-bitmapinfoheader-biclrused-bounds-check-missing/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38579
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56756

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