Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain PNG file with a large tEXt chunk that possibly triggers an integer overflow in PNG chunk size handling, as demonstrated by badlycrafted.png.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_2003_server | Microsoft | - (including) | - (including) |
| Windows_server_2003 | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_vista | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_vista | Microsoft | - (including) | - (including) |
| Windows_xp | Microsoft | * | * |
| Windows_xp | Microsoft | - (including) | - (including) |
References
- http://osvdb.org/45521
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480594/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480706/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480827/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480854/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816
- http://osvdb.org/45521
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480594/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480706/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480827/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480854/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816