CVE-2010-3970
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 67.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS11-006 Microsoft Windows CreateSizedDIBSECTION Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/ms11_006_createsizeddibsectionRank greatdisclosed 15 Dec 2010
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows - CreateSizedDIBSECTION Stack Buffer Overflow (MS11-006) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16660local, windowspublished 8 Feb 2011Verified
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
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By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.7% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- VU#106516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS11-006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42779 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1024932 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2010-3947 (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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