CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-3970
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42779 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516 US Government Resource
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb Exploit
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html www.powerofcommunity.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42779 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516 US Government Resource
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb Exploit
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html www.powerofcommunity.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671 oval.cisecurity.org