CVE-2009-1217
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 16.3%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the GpFont::SetData function in gdiplus.dll in Microsoft GDI+ on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application termination) via a crafted EMF file that triggers an integer overflow, as demonstrated by voltage-exploit.emf, aka the "Microsoft GdiPlus EMF GpFont.SetData integer overflow."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-193
- EPSS score
- 16.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1216)
- Published
- April 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1216 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / gdi+
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/microsoft-gdiplus-emf-gpfontsetdata.html(Broken Link)
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/03/26/new-emf-gdiplus-dll-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34250(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0832(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49438(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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