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CVE-2009-1808 (GCVE-0-2009-1808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-28 20:14 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by making an SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call with an improperly terminated pvParam argument, followed by an SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER SystemParametersInfo call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=78 x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022330 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/35323 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2009-02-02 00:00
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