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CVE-2009-3678 Details

Description

Integer overflow in cdd.dll in the Canonical Display Driver (CDD) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 on 64-bit platforms, when the Windows Aero theme is installed, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file that triggers incorrect data parsing after user-mode data is copied to kernel mode, as demonstrated using "Browse with Irfanview" and certain actions on a folder containing a large number of thumbnail images in Resample mode, possibly related to the ATI graphics driver or win32k.sys, aka "Canonical Display Driver Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Metrics

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://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/05/18/security-advisory-2028859-released.aspx CVE
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/05/18/cdd-dll-vulnerability-difficult-to-exploit.aspx CVE
http://en.irfanview-forum.de/vb/showthread.php?5647-V4-25-bluescreen-with-Windows-7-cdd-dll-win32k-sys CVE
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8809 CVE
http://osvdb.org/64731 CVE

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft windows 7
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows server 2008
r2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3678
NVD Published Date:
May 14, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2009-3678 Details - Not Deferred