National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3678

Overview

Integer overflow in cdd.dll in the Canonical Display Driver (CDD) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 on 64-bit platforms, when the Windows Aero theme is installed, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file that triggers incorrect data parsing after user-mode data is copied to kernel mode, as demonstrated using "Browse with Irfanview" and certain actions on a folder containing a large number of thumbnail images in Resample mode, possibly related to the ATI graphics driver or win32k.sys, aka "Canonical Display Driver Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-194A

Name: TA10-194A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html

External Source: XF

Name: ms-win-irfanview-dos(58622)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/58622

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1178

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1178

External Source: BID

Name: 40237

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40237

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-043

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-043.mspx

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39577

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39577

External Source: MISC

Name: http://pcandmactech.blogspot.com/2009/12/irfanview-and-bsod.html

Hyperlink:http://pcandmactech.blogspot.com/2009/12/irfanview-and-bsod.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7195

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7195

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 64731

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/64731

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8809

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8809

External Source: MISC

Name: http://en.irfanview-forum.de/vb/showthread.php?5647-V4-25-bluescreen-with-Windows-7-cdd-dll-win32k-sys

Hyperlink:http://en.irfanview-forum.de/vb/showthread.php?5647-V4-25-bluescreen-with-Windows-7-cdd-dll-win32k-sys

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/05/18/cdd-dll-vulnerability-difficult-to-exploit.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/05/18/cdd-dll-vulnerability-difficult-to-exploit.aspx

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/05/18/security-advisory-2028859-released.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/05/18/security-advisory-2028859-released.aspx

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7195

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7195