CVE-2007-3958

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3958
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-24 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-23 15:12:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain GIF file, as demonstrated by Art.gif.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie All All All All
Application Microsoft Ie All All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.GIF' Image Denial of Service - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
43773 OSVDB osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Lostmon Blogger: Windows Extended file attributes buffer overflow Study II MISC lostmon.blogspot.com
Microsoft Windows Explorer GIF File Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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