PT-2007-5440 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+1

Published 2007-08-08 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4247

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Calendar on Microsoft Windows Vista

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL dereference and persistent application crash, via a malformed ICS file.

Recommendations For Windows Calendar on Microsoft Windows Vista, consider avoiding the use of malformed ICS files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of ICS files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4247

Affected Products

Windows Calendar

Windows Vista

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4247 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/475534/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3004 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35802 · Note
• http://eleytt.com/advisories/eleytt_CALICS.pdf · Note
• http://osvdb.org/46801 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25201 · Note