CVE-2006-2376

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2376
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-13 18:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the PolyPolygon function in Graphics Rendering Engine on Microsoft Windows 98 and Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) or EMF image with a sum of entries in the vertext counts array and number of polygons that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#909508 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution SREASON securityreason.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-026 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows GDI WMF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
26431 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Windows 98 Graphics Rendering Engine Buffer Overflow in Processing WMF Images Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-164A -- Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Player, Word, PowerPoint, and Exchange Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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