Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine (GRE) allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via a WMF file containing (1) ExtCreateRegion or (2) ExtEscape function calls with arguments with inconsistent lengths.
CVE-2006-0143
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 98.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 9, 2006
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- cve@mitrehttp://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015453
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24044
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/09/417198.aspx
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015453
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421257/100/0/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421258/100/0/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16167
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0115
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-27051✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 9, 2006
Microsoft Windows - Graphics Rendering Engine Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
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