Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system.
The first issue is caused by a heap overflow error in the graphics device interface (GDI) CreateDIBPatternBrushPt function when processing a malformed header in a specially crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) or Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page [...]
Solution
Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-021.mspx
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Jun Mao (iDefense Labs), Sebastian Apelt (Zero Day Initiative), Thomas Garnier (SkyRecon) and Yamata Li.
ChangeLog
2008-04-08 : Initial release
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