20580 : Microsoft Windows GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries() EMF File Rendering DoS
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Nov 08, 2005

Discovery
Mar 17, 2005

Dates

Exploit
Mar 17, 2005

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Windows contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malformed EMF file is processed by the GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries() function, and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
Windows
Watch-list
 2000 SP4
XP SP1
XP SP2
Windows Server
Watch-list
 2003
2003 for Itanium
2003 x64 Edition

References

Tools & Filters
20172

Credit
  • Felix Zhou - felix_zhouhotmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-10 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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