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CVE-2009-1217

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1217 describes an off-by-one error in Microsoft GDI+ on Windows XP, specifically within the GpFont::SetData function, which can be triggered by a crafted EMF file. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through stack corruption and application termination. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered of medium severity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but leading only to availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:gdi\+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8281 · Mar 24, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1633 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com / 2009/03/microsoft-gdiplus-emf-gpfontsetdata.html
Broken Link
blogs.technet.com / srd/archive/2009/03/26/new-emf-gdiplus-dll-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49438
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/34250
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0832
Vendor Advisory