CVE-2010-3970 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 67.7% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 67.69% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-12-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows - CreateSizedDIBSECTION Stack Buffer Overflow (MS11-006) (Metasploit) | 2011-02-08 |
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42779
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42779
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018
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