CVE-2010-1098: Microsoft Windows Vista

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ANI parser in Microsoft Windows before 7 on the x86 platform, as used in Internet Explorer and other applications, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted biClrUsed value in the BITMAPINFO header of a .ANI file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2010-03-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.