CVE-2009-1808

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1808
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-28 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by making an SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call with an improperly terminated pvParam argument, followed by an SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 media_center All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp3 x64 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Windows "SystemParametersInfo()" Privilege Escalation - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Microsoft Windows Bug in SETDESKWALLPAPER and GETDESKWALLPAPER Calls Let Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Insanely Low-Level » Blog Archive » Oh No, My XPSP3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ragestorm.net Exploit
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