National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-5046

Overview

The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate user-mode input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted data, as demonstrated by a large height attribute of an IFRAME element rendered by Safari, aka "GDI Access Violation Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: ms-win32k-iframe-code-exec(71873)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71873

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026450

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026450

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 18275

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18275

External Source: MISC

Name: http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/148454992989261824

Hyperlink:http://twitter.com/w3bd3vil/statuses/148454992989261824

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-008

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-008

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 47237

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47237

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14603

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14603

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 77908

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/77908