CVE-2008-3013
gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed GIF image file containing many extension markers for graphic control extensions and subsequent unknown labels, aka "GDI+ GIF Parsing Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 52.1% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3003)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3003 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / digital image suite
- microsoft / forefront client security
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / powerpoint viewer
- microsoft / report viewer
- microsoft / report viewer
- microsoft / sql server
- microsoft / sql server reporting services
- microsoft / visio
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / works
Certified products that may be affected
21 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Release 6.1.7600 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0755-2012 - archived
- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10390-2010 - archived
- Windows Server 2008 R2 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1339 - historical
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1337 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1335 - historical
See all 21 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/09/windows-gdi-gif-memory-corruption.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122235754013992&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32154(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31020
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020836
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2520(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2696(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-056
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-056/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-052
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5986
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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