The Graphical Device Interface Plus library (gdiplus.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial…

Description

The Graphical Device Interface Plus library (gdiplus.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain images that trigger a divide-by-zero error, as demonstrated by a (1) .ico file, (2) .png file that crashes MSN Messenger, and (3) .jpg file that crashes Internet Explorer. NOTE: another researcher has not been able to reproduce this issue.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• ADV-2006-3114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• windows-gdiplus-dos(28183) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060801 Re: Gdiplus.dll division by 0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 19301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 19221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20060728 Gdiplus.dll division by 0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20060731 Re: Gdiplus.dll division by 0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:57 UTC.