CVE-2006-5758
EXPLOITEDMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Memory Corruption
Title source: ruleDescription
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global shared memory section that is mapped with read-only permissions, but can be remapped by other processes as read-write, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and gain privileges by modifying the kernel structures.
Exploits (3)
References (12)
Scores
EPSS
0.0076
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Exploitation Intel
VulnCheck KEV
2008-09-26
Classification
CWE
CWE-119
Status
draft
Affected Products (4)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_xp
microsoft/windows_xp
microsoft/windows_xp
Timeline
Published
Nov 06, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026