Windows Server 2003
CVE-2014-1818
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 42.39%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Epss exploitation probability 42.4%.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP1 and SP2, Live Meeting 2007 Console, Lync 2010 and 2013, Lync 2010 Attendee, and Lync Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EMF+ record in an image file, aka "GDI+ Image Parsing Vulnerability." Affected products include: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1.
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP1 and SP2, Live Meeting 2007 Console, Lync 2010 and 2013, Lync 2010 Attendee, and Lync Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EMF+ record in an image file, aka "GDI+ Image Parsing Vulnerability."
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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