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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1087 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote att…

published 2008-04-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1098

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
56.6%
EPSS 56.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an EMF image file with crafted filename parameters, aka "GDI Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-5442)

Exploit prediction

56.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6656 Microsoft Windows - GDI (EMR_COLORMATCHTOTARGETW) (MS08-021) remote, 2008-10-02
  • EDB-5442 Microsoft Windows - GDI Image Parsing Stack Overflow (MS08-021) local, 2008-04-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.