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CVE-2006-4071
Sign extension vulnerability in the createBrushIndirect function in the GDI library (gdi32.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and…
Low2.6EPSS 24.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Sign extension vulnerability in the createBrushIndirect function in the GDI library (gdi32.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted WMF file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.0% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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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
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- windows-wmf-gdi32-dos(28281) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070111 WMF CreateBrushIndirect vulnerability (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060806 0-day XP SP2 wmf exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 19365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3111 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20060807 0-day XP SP2 wmf exploit (some details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://determina.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-wrong-with-wmf.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060806 0-day XP SP2 wmf exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060807 0-day XP SP2 wmf exploit (some details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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