National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3012
Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 does not properly perform memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed EMF image file, aka "GDI+ EMF Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-253A
Name: TA08-253A
External Source: MS
Name: MS08-052
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020835
External Source: BID
Name: 31019
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2696
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2520
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32154
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6040
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080133
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080133