The vulnerability lies in the image processing mechanism when dealing with EMF files related to path visualization, PDF file editing programs like Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and PDF file viewing programs like Adobe Reader Document Cloud. This allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability in the image processing mechanism during the processing of EMF files related to path visualization, PDF file editing programs like Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, and PDF file viewing programs like Adobe Reader, Adobe Reader Document Cloud, arises due to the executi...

USN-3273-1 libreoffice vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled EMF image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted EMF image file, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code...

PT-2011-2038 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2003 +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through SP2 Microsoft Office version XP SP3 Description: The...

Microsoft Windows GDI Metafile Image Handling Heap Overflow (MS08-021; CVE-2008-1083)

The Microsoft Windows graphics device interface GDI enables applications to use graphics and formatted text on the video display and on the printer.WMF and EMF are image formats used in many Windows programs including Internet Explorer and Outlook. A remote code execution vulnerability has been...

Sql injection

Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service possibly persistent restart via a crafted Windows Metafile WMF image that causes an invalid dereference of an offset in a...

Windows WMF handling vulnerability

Added: 12/30/2005 CVE: CVE-2005-4560 BID: 16074 OSVDB: 21987 Background A Windows Metafile WMF image is a 16-bit metafile format that can contain both vector information and bitmap information. Problem A flaw in the way specially crafted WMF images are handled can allow arbitrary command executio...