PT-2007-6228 · Microsoft · Windows Explorer

Published 2007-09-27 · Updated 2021-07-07 · CVE-2007-5133

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by exploiting a certain PNG file with a large tEXt chunk. This possibly triggers an integer overflow in PNG chunk size handling.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5133

Affected Products

Windows Explorer

References · 9

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/25816 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30619 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5133 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480864/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480706/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480827/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480594/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45521 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/480854/100/0/threaded · Note