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CVE-2010-3970

N/A

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published12/22/2010

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_server_2003microsoft:windows_server_2008microsoft:windows_vistamicrosoft:windows_xp

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42779(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018(secure@microsoft.com)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006(secure@microsoft.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671(secure@microsoft.com)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42779(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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