Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-3465
CVE-2008-3465
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in an API in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a WMF file with a malformed file-size parameter, which would not be properly handled by a third-party application that uses this API for a copy operation, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected products
17- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6062nvd
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