FKIE_CVE-2005-4560
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-28 19:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | enterprise | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | enterprise | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | r2 | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | r2 | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | standard | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | standard | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | web | |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | web | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * |
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