CVE-2008-3012

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3012
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-11 01:11:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptiongdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 does not properly perform memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed EMF image file, aka "GDI+ EMF Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 All All All
Application Microsoft Forefront Client Security 1.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2003 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office xp sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Powerpoint Viewer 2003 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Office System All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Office System All sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Report Viewer 2005 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Report Viewer 2008 All All All
Application Microsoft Server 2008 All All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 2005 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server Reporting Services 2000 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2002 sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003_server sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003_server sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows-nt vista All gold All
Operating System Microsoft Windows-nt xp sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Works 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker: Microsoft GDI+ Memory Corruption Error in Processing EMF Image Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-253A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-052 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
WinZip GDI+ Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Microsoft GDI+ EMF Image Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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