CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2006-0143
HIGHEPSS 98th pctl7.5
CVSS v2
Description
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
38.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
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