01 Record
CVE-2010-3970
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 67.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-12-22 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-14
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f28787ed5b25d2ca61e2718d23310d001f50ee0ec4830470d49931c8bc590d58
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#106516http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106516
- docs.microsoft.comMS11-006https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-006
- blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11671https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11671
- www.powerofcommunity.nethttp://www.powerofcommunity.net/speaker.html
- www.metasploit.comhttp://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/11466/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_xxx_createsizeddibsection.rb
- www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2490606.mspx
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0018http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0018
- secunia.com42779http://secunia.com/advisories/42779
- www.securityfocus.com45662http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45662
- www.securitytracker.com1024932http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024932