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CVE-2010-3970

N/A
Published: December 22, 2010 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2008Windows XpWindows Vista

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 68%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (11)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42779
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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