CVE-2009-1217: Microsoft Gdi+

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 16.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Off-by-one error in the GpFont::SetData function in gdiplus.dll in Microsoft GDI+ on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application termination) via a crafted EMF file that triggers an integer overflow, as demonstrated by voltage-exploit.emf, aka the "Microsoft GdiPlus EMF GpFont.SetData integer overflow."

Affected products

  • Microsoft Gdi+: affected versions not specified

Published 2009-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.