9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-3012
Microsoft GDI+ EMF Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 does not properly perform memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed EMF image file, aka "GDI+ EMF Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 11, 2008, 1:11 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:25 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3012 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft internet_explorer
3 Microsoft windows_vista
4 Microsoft windows_xp
5 Microsoft works
6 Microsoft sql_server
7 Microsoft office_powerpoint_viewer
8 Microsoft windows-nt
9 Microsoft visio
10 Microsoft digital_image_suite
11 Microsoft forefront_client_security
12 Microsoft report_viewer
13 Microsoft server
14 Microsoft sql_server_reporting_services
15 Microsoft office_system
16 Microsoft windows

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-3012 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-3012 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:vista:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:xp:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-052.mspx [Patch]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-052 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6040 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6040 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

69.21 }} -5.59%

score

0.98017

percentile

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