Microsoft Graphics Component Memory Corruption Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-02-15
• EPSS: 85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild in October and November 2013.

CISA: Microsoft Graphics Component contains a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Aug 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on technet.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD
• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-o…Broken LinkExploit
• blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-explo…Broken LinkExploit
• technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666PatchVendor Advisory
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096PatchVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource