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
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 31.27% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-01-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows 98 |
| microsoft | windows 98se |
| microsoft | windows me |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows - Graphics Rendering Engine Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities | 2006-01-09 |
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
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