GDI Library Could Be Used to Cause DoS

he graphics device interface (GDI) library lacks validity checking, and this oversight could allow a specially crafted Enhanced MetaFile (EMF) to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing an affected application.

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March 20, 2005

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Reported March 17,2005, by Hongzhen Zhou

VERSIONS AFFECTED

        Windows 2000 platforms

DESCRIPTION

The graphics deviceinterface (GDI) library lacks validity checking, and this oversightcould allow a specially crafted Enhanced MetaFile (EMF) to cause adenial of service (DoS) by crashing an affected application.

VENDOR RESPONSE

No patch is available yet to correct this problem.

CREDIT
Discovered by Hongzhen Zhou

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