CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-5046
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-12-30
- 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-20
Description
The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate user-mode input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted data, as demonstrated by a large height attribute of an IFRAME element rendered by Safari, aka "GDI Access Violation Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/77908 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47237 Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/148454992989261824 twitter.com
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18275 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026450 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-008 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71873 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14603 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://osvdb.org/77908 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47237 Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/148454992989261824 twitter.com
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18275 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026450 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-008 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71873 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14603 oval.cisecurity.org