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Microsoft Windows EMF File Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA14631	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-03-18
Last Update:	2005-11-09
Popularity:	16,505 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-0803

Description: Hongzhen Zhou has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of EMF (Microsoft Enhanced Metafile) files in the "GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries()" API in "GDI32.DLL". This can be exploited to crash an affected application using the vulnerable API. Solution: See solution in: SA17498 Provided and/or discovered by: Hongzhen Zhou Changelog: 2005-03-21: Added CVE reference. 2005-11-08: Updated solution. Add link to original advisory. 2005-11-09: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: MS05-053 (KB896424): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-053.mspx Other References: SA17498: http://secunia.com/advisories/17498/ US-CERT VU#134756: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/134756

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