<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2502" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Buffer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Office Project 2002 SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, Office Word Viewer, Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer, Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Gold, SP1, and SP2, Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2, Expression Web, Expression Web 2, Groove 2007 Gold and SP1, Works 8.5, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SP3, Report Viewer 2005 SP1, Report Viewer 2008 Gold and SP1, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image file, aka &quot;GDI+ TIFF Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.&quot;

Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Additionally, it is possible to temporarily work around the flaw by implementing the following workaround: The following workarounds can be employed to mitigate exposure to this vulnerability:
Restrict access to gdiplus.dll
Unregister vgx.dll

Unknown or Incomplete

• CVE ID: 2009-2502 (see also: NVD)
• Secunia Advisory ID: 37007
• Related OSVDB ID: 58863 58864 58866 58867 58868 58869 58870
• OVAL ID: 5898
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 957488 958869 971108 971110 971111 974811
• Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-10/0106.html
• Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=828
• Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-062
• CERT: TA09-286A

• wushi - iDefense Labs VCP