CVE-2009-1511 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GDI+ on Microsoft Windows XP SP3, allowing remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop via a specially crafted PNG file with a large btChunkLen value. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete system unavailability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.