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high 8.1

CVE-2008-1083 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, V…

published 2008-04-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1094

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
57.0%
EPSS 57.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function 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 or WMF image file with a malformed header that triggers an integer overflow, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Timeline

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

56.98% 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-6330 Microsoft Windows - GDI (CreateDIBPatternBrushPt) Heap Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-08-29
  • EDB-5442 Microsoft Windows - GDI Image Parsing Stack Overflow (MS08-021) local, 2008-04-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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