CVE-2007-3958

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3958
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-24 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 98 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 Nt All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.GIF' Image Denial of Service - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Windows Explorer GIF File Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Lostmon Blogger: Windows Extended file attributes buffer overflow Study II af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lostmon.blogspot.com
osvdb.org/43773 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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