CVE-2005-2124

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI32.DLL) in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1, related to "An unchecked buffer" and possibly buffer overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) format image, aka "Windows Metafile Vulnerability."

Published: 2005-11-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2124 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.17%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2124

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1346 exploit_db edb 2005-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
1343 exploit_db edb 2005-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2124

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-23 87.61% 83.17% -4.45%
2 2025-10-01 83.17% 87.61% +4.45%
3 2025-07-25 — 83.17% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2124

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server itanium cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2124

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