Microsoft Windows GDI WMF Color Depth WMF Image memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component GDI WMF Color Depth. The manipulation as part of WMF Image results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-1083. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component GDI WMF Color Depth. The manipulation as part of a WMF Image leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an EMF or WMF image file with a malformed header that triggers an integer overflow, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 04/08/2008 by Sebastian Apelt with Microsoft as MS08-021 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1083 since 02/28/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31794 (MS08-021: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (948590)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90434 (Microsoft Windows GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-021)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-021 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 19 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41471), Exploit-DB (6330), Tenable (31794), SecurityFocus (BID 30933†) and OSVDB (44214†). The entries VDB-3673 and VDB-41879 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 31794
Nessus Name: MS08-021: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (948590)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-021

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-021
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3672

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X-Force: 41471 - Microsoft Windows GDI EMF and WMF header buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 30933 - Retired: Microsoft Windows GDI 'CreateDIBPatternBrushPt' Function Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29704 - Microsoft Windows GDI Image Parsing Buffer Overflows, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 44214 - Microsoft Windows GDI WMF Handling CreateDIBPatternBrushPt Function Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1019798
Vupen: ADV-2008-1145

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2008 12:19
Updated: 01/25/2025 18:45
Changes: 04/21/2008 12:19 (93), 04/24/2019 16:25 (6), 10/15/2024 22:24 (28), 10/21/2024 01:22 (8), 01/25/2025 18:45 (1)
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