CVE-2006-0143

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 75.57% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453 vdb entry patch
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167 vdb entry exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115 vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0143?
CVE-2006-0143 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0143?
To fix CVE-2006-0143, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0143 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0143 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~76% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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