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CVE-2005-2124 in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to…

published 2005-11-29 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2125

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
55.7%
EPSS 55.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1343)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

55.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1346 Microsoft Windows Metafile - 'mtNoObjects' Denial of Service (MS05-053) dos, 2005-11-30
  • EDB-1343 Microsoft Windows Metafile - 'gdi32.dll' Denial of Service (MS05-053) dos, 2005-11-29

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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