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CVE-2010-3970

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."

Published

2010-12-22T21:00:16.770

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2003	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2008	-	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_vista	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_vista	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_xp	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_xp	-	Yes

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42779 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671 ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42779 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)