CVE-2009-3678
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Integer overflow in cdd.dll in the Canonical Display Driver (CDD) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 on 64-bit platforms, when the Windows Aero theme is installed, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file that triggers incorrect data parsing after user-mode data is copied to kernel mode, as demonstrated using "Browse with Irfanview" and certain actions on a folder containing a large number of thumbnail images in Resample mode, possibly related to the ATI graphics driver or win32k.sys, aka "Canonical Display Driver Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/05/18/security-advisory-2028859-released.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/05/18/cdd-dll-vulnerability-difficult-to-exploit.aspx
- http://en.irfanview-forum.de/vb/showthread.php?5647-V4-25-bluescreen-with-Windows-7-cdd-dll-win32k-sys
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8809
- http://osvdb.org/64731
- http://pcandmactech.blogspot.com/2009/12/irfanview-and-bsod.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39577
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40237
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1178
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-043
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58622
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7195
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