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CVE-2017-0038

N/A
Published: February 20, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2012Windows Server 2008

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 82%

Description

gdi32.dll in Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted EMF file, as demonstrated by an EMR_SETDIBITSTODEVICE record with modified Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) dimensions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-3216, CVE-2016-3219, and/or CVE-2016-3220.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96023
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037845
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/02/0patching-0-day-windows-gdi32dll-memory.html
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=992
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/k0keoyo/CVE-2017-0038-EXP-C-JS
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0038
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41363/

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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