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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3015

Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft 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 BMP image file with a malformed BitMapInfoHeader that triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI+ BMP Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
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: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-055
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020838
External Source: BID
Name: 31022
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080909 ZDI-08-055: Microsoft Windows GDI+ BMP Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6716
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6619
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2696
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2520
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.evilfingers.com/patchTuesday/MS08_052_GDI+_Vulnerability_ver2.txt
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.evilfingers.com/patchTuesday/MS08_052_GDI+_Vulnerability.txt
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32154
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5881
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02372
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02372

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:visio:2002:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office_powerpoint_viewer:2003
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:works:8.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:digital_image_suite:2006
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:sql_server_reporting_services:2000:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:sql_server:2005:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:report_viewer:2005:sp1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:report_viewer:2008
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_client_security:1.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2007::gold
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

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