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CVE-2005-0803
The GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API in GDI32.DLL in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…
Medium5.0EPSS 67.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API in GDI32.DLL in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) file that causes invalid (1) end, (2) emreof, or (3) palent offsets to be used, aka "Enhanced Metafile Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.7% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-228.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20580 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- win-2000-gdi32dll-dos(19727) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#134756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 14631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA05-312A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1240 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050317 Windows 2000 GDI32.DLL GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries() API specially crafted EMF file DOS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS05-053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1121 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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