CVE-2009-1217

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
56.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: April 1, 2009 (6252 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Off-by-one error in the GpFont::SetData function in gdiplus.dll in Microsoft GDI+ on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application termination) via a crafted EMF file that triggers an integer overflow, as demonstrated by voltage-exploit.emf, aka the "Microsoft GdiPlus EMF GpFont.SetData integer overflow."

CWE

CWE-193

Affected Products

microsoft gdi\+

References

🔗 bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com 🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.vupen.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com