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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2017-0038 json

gdi32.dll in Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1…

published 2017-02-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0405

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
82.2%
EPSS 82.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

gdi32.dll in Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted EMF file, as demonstrated by an EMR_SETDIBITSTODEVICE record with modified Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) dimensions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-3216, CVE-2016-3219, and/or CVE-2016-3220.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41363)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

82.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41363 Microsoft Windows - 'gdi32.dll' EMR_SETDIBITSTODEVICE Heap Out-of-Bounds Reads / Memory Disclosure dos, 2017-02-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Windows Graphics Component

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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.