CVE-2007-1212 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-1212?

CVE-2007-1212 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 4 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2; and Vista allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image format file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1212?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1212 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-2007-1212 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1212 exists.

Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fw6h-3p4w-w48m.