CVE-2011-0041

critical
Published 2011-04-13 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
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 gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, and Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EMF image, aka "GDI+ Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-17544 dos windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2011-07-18

GDI+ - 'gdiplus.dll' CreateDashedPath Integer Overflow

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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftofficexp

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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