Description
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Windows - Graphics Rendering Engine Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities EDB-27051 · dos · Jan 9, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1015453 vdb-entry
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- win-gre-wmf-dos(24044) vdb-entry
- 16167 vdb-entry
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- 20060109 [UPDATE]Microsoft Windows GRE WMF Format Multiple Unauthorized Memory Access Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 20060107 Microsoft Windows GRE WMF Format Multiple Memory Overrun Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- ADV-2006-0115 vdb-entry