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CVE-2008-2249 Details

Description

Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762 CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365 CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html CVEUS Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-189Numeric Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2249
NVD Published Date:
Dec 10, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]