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medium 5.0

CVE-2005-0803 json

The GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API in GDI32.DLL in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…

published 2005-03-20 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0804

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.7%
EPSS 67.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

The GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API in GDI32.DLL in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) file that causes invalid (1) end, (2) emreof, or (3) palent offsets to be used, aka "Enhanced Metafile Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25231)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

67.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25231 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - Graphical Device Interface Library Denial of Service dos, 2005-03-17
  • EDB-1346 Microsoft Windows Metafile - 'mtNoObjects' Denial of Service (MS05-053) dos, 2005-11-30
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12834 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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