CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4560

7.5 HIGH Published 2005-12-28 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-28
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise • microsoft windows 2003 server r2 • microsoft windows 2003 server standard • microsoft windows 2003 server web • microsoft windows xp

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References