Microsoft GDIPlus PNG Infinite Loop Vulnerability
🗓️ 07 May 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-1511 | 17 Apr 200900:00 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2009-1511 | 1 May 200918:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-1511 | 1 May 200918:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Microsoft GDI Plugin - '.png' Infinite Loop Denial of Service (PoC) | 17 Apr 200900:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| CVE-2009-1511 | 1 May 200918:30 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft GDIPlus PNG Infinite Loop Vulnerability | 7 May 200900:00 | – | openvas | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 1 May 200918:30 | – | prion |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| milw0rm | www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8466 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/34586 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800700");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-07 14:39:04 +0200 (Thu, 07 May 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1511");
script_name("Microsoft GDIPlus PNG Infinite Loop Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8466");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34586");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker cause denial
of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This flaw is caused while processing crafted PNG file
containing a large btChunkLen value which causes the control to enter an
infinite loop.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Windows XP Operating System with GDI libraries installed is prone to Infinite Loop vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) > 0){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
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CVSS 27.8
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