CVE-2005-0803 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GDI32.DLL of Microsoft Windows 2000. Specifically, a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) can cause an application crash by providing invalid offset values to the GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. Its FAUCET Risk Score is high at 98/100, and its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation compared to other CVEs. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it was addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-053. Despite this, there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.