CVE-2008-3015

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP image file with a malformed BitMapInfoHeader that triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI+ BMP Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 71.54% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32154 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020838 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122235754013992&w=2 vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-052 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496153/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2696 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.evilfingers.com/patchTuesday/MS08_052_GDI+_Vulnerability.txt
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6716 exploit
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31022 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5881 signature vdb entry
http://www.evilfingers.com/patchTuesday/MS08_052_GDI+_Vulnerability_ver2.txt
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6619 exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2520 vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3015?
CVE-2008-3015 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3015?
To fix CVE-2008-3015, 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-2008-3015 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3015 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~72% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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