What does HRESULT 0x88980403 (UCEERR_MALFORMEDPACKET) mean?

 
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UCEERR_MALFORMEDPACKET

UCEERR_MALFORMEDPACKET is a Windows User Composition Engine (UCE) HRESULT. It indicates that the composition engine could not interpret the command payload because its internal format is incomplete or invalid.

What to check

  • Check for memory corruption, unsafe code, and native libraries that interact with the rendering process.
  • Verify that related WPF assemblies and system components have not been mixed across incompatible versions.
  • Use a minimal reproducible case and capture a crash dump if the error repeats.

Microsoft guidance for WPF render-thread failures


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