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MS.Canonical.Display.Code.Execution

Release Date

Jul 15, 2010

Severity

high

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attack attempt against an integer-overflow vulnerability in the Windows Canonical Display Driver, which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected Products

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Recommended Actions

Apply the patch supplied by the vendor:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-043.mspx

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2009-3678

Reference/s

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms10-043.mspx (MS-ID)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40237 (BugTraq)

Reference: VID-23828