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CVE-2010-3970
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 67.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2010-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
- Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42779
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
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