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CVE-2005-4560

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2005-12-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References