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CVE-2006-4071 (GCVE-0-2006-4071)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:57
VLAI
Summary
Sign extension vulnerability in the createBrushIndirect function in the GDI library (gdi32.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted WMF file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://determina.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-wrong… x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1353 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21992 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442426/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442420/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2006-08-06 00:00
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