Microsoft Windows 98/ME Rendering Engine polypolygon numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 98/ME. Affected is the function polypolygon of the component Rendering Engine. This manipulation causes numeric error. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2376. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows 98/ME (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is the function polypolygon of the component Rendering Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the PolyPolygon function in Graphics Rendering Engine on Microsoft Windows 98 and Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) or EMF image with a sum of entries in the vertext counts array and number of polygons that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was shared 06/13/2006 by Peter Ferrie with Symantec (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2376 since 05/15/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2910 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4052.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26905), SecurityFocus (BID 18322†), OSVDB (26431†), Secunia (SA20631†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016286†). The entries VDB-29994, VDB-30803 and VDB-30801 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Peter Ferrie
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2376 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2376
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30799
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X-Force: 26905
SecurityFocus: 18322 - Microsoft Windows GDI WMF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 20631
OSVDB: 26431 - Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine PolyPolygon Function Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016286
Vulnerability Center: 11920 - [MS06-026] Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine Code Execution via WMF or EMF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2324

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 01/20/2025 08:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (66), 09/17/2018 08:13 (17), 01/20/2025 08:13 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:959:103

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