National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3014
Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed WMF image file that triggers improper memory allocation, aka "GDI+ WMF Buffer Overrun 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:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-253A
Name: TA08-253A
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020837
External Source: BID
Name: 31021
External Source: MS
Name: MS08-052
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:6004
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02372
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02372