First published: Mon Jan 09 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =gold | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_64-bit-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 98SE | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =r2-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_64-bit-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Me | ||
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 98 | =gold | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 |
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CVE-2006-0143 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause memory corruption and system crashes.
To mitigate CVE-2006-0143, it is recommended to apply the latest security updates and patches provided by Microsoft.
CVE-2006-0143 affects various versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server.
Yes, CVE-2006-0143 can be exploited remotely by attackers through specially crafted WMF files.
The successful exploit of CVE-2006-0143 may lead to system crashes or unresponsive behavior due to memory corruption.