MS.GDI32.DLL.WMF.File.DoS

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Microsoft Windows GDI library (gdi32.dll) has a denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker could cause an application crash via a crafted WMF file. It will cause Explorer to crash even if the victim only previews the malicious file or browses a folder containing the malicious file.

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Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service

recomended-action-logoRecommended Actions

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)