Description
gdi/driver.c and gdi/printdrv.c in Wine 20050930, and other versions, implement the SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call for Windows Metafile (WMF) files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, the same vulnerability as CVE-2005-4560 but in a different codebase.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | wine | 0.9.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wine | 0.9.2-1 | — |
| Debian 3.1 | wine | 0.0.20050310-1.2 | DSA-954-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-954-1 wine - design flaw Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- [Dailydave] 20060105 WMF goes away :< mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346197
- ADV-2006-0098 vdb-entry
- 18578 third-party-advisory
- 18549 third-party-advisory
- win-wmf-execute-code(23846) vdb-entry
- 20060117 ERRATA: [ GLSA 200601-09 ] Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability mailing-list
- MDKSA-2006:014 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:002 vendor-advisory
- DSA-954 vendor-advisory
- 18451 third-party-advisory
- 18323 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200601-09 vendor-advisory