HIGH
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths
Published Jan 9, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 31.27%
Description
Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.
Affected products
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- datacenter_64-bit
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- standard
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- standard_64-bit
- web
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
31.27% 0.31267
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.31267
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 31.27% (0.31267) | 98.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 31.27% (0.31267) | 98.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 38.73% (0.38727) | 98.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 31.00% (0.30995) | 98.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 72.60% (0.72598) | 98.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 74.76% (0.74761) | 98.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 73.62% (0.73624) | 98.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 75.57% (0.75566) | 98.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61.83% (0.61832) | 97.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 75.57% (0.75566) | 98.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 79.07% (0.79074) | 99.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 90.06% (0.90056) | 99.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 94.53% (0.94532) | 99.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 95.97% (0.95970) | 99.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.09% (0.96088) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 45.24% (0.45244) | 98.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 45.24% (0.45244) | 97.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 9, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 9, 2006
Link CVE-2006-0143
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a