Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2249

Title: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-2249.

CWE Category CWE-189

Published Date Dec 10, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

31.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2249: Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 6

Reference Links

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2249 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 10, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.