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CVE-2006-0143 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 31.3% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS31.27% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-399
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-01-09
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (6)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 2000
microsoftwindows 2003 server
microsoftwindows 98
microsoftwindows 98se
microsoftwindows me
microsoftwindows xp

Public exploits

References

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