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High MSRC-CVE-2022-41098 1 CVE

Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Nov 8, 2022 · Updated Nov 8, 2022

Summary

Impact: Information Disclosure. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file.
In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file., In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability.
An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.

Security updates
10.0.17763.3650 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019966
10.0.19043.2251 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019959
10.0.20348.1249 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019081
10.0.20348.1251 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019080
10.0.22000.1219 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019961
10.0.22621.819 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019980
10.0.10240.19567 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019970
10.0.14393.5501 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019964
6.1.7601.26221 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020000
6.1.7601.26221 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020013
6.3.9600.20671 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020023
6.3.9600.20670 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020010
6.0.6003.21768 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020019
6.0.6003.21768 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020005
6.2.9200.23968 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020009
6.2.9200.23968 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5020003

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