CVE-2008-1083
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2,…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 57.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an EMF or WMF image file with a malformed header that triggers an integer overflow, aka "GDI Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - GDI (EMR_COLORMATCHTOTARGETW) (MS08-021) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6656remote, windowspublished 2 Oct 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI (CreateDIBPatternBrushPt) Heap Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6330dos, windowspublished 29 Aug 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI Image Parsing Stack Overflow (MS08-021) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5442local, windowspublished 14 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 5442 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6330 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 40 days later
· 40 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 57.0% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- 30933 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA08-099A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 44213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SSRT080048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1145 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 948590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 20080408 ZDI-08-020: Microsoft GDI WMF Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20080408 Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- MS08-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 44214 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-020/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#632963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20080408 ZDI-08-020: Microsoft GDI WMF Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5442 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6330 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- win-emf-wmf-header-bo(41471) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1019798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 28571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29704 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1094 (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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