CVE-2006-0143 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by tricking users into opening malicious WMF files with inconsistent argument lengths.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0143?
CVE-2006-0143 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 9 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0143?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Me, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0143?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-0143 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0143 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5429-cf9p-rx53.