CVE-2010-3970
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - Memory Corruption
Title source: ruleDescription
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CreateSizedDIBSECTION function in shimgvw.dll in the Windows Shell graphics processor (aka graphics rendering engine) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .MIC or unspecified Office document containing a thumbnail bitmap with a negative biClrUsed value, as reported by Moti and Xu Hao, aka "Windows Shell Graphics Processing Overrun Vulnerability."
Exploits (2)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubylocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16660
metasploit
WORKING POC
GREAT
by Moti & Xu Hao, Yaniv Miron aka Lament of ilhack, jduck · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ms11_006_createsizeddibsection.rb
References (11)
Scores
EPSS
0.8121
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp
(2 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 22, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026