Microsoft Windows Large Image Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	10913
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 10 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 10 2004 12:00AM
Credit:	The original discovery of this vulnerability is credited to 3APA3A. Bipin Gautam (hUNT3R) also found this vulnerability, but with newer versions of the affected packages. Additionally, this issue was independently discovered by Andrew <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 SP1 Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server + Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers + Avaya IP600 Media Servers + Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0 + Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Matrox G400 Driver 5.82.18 .0 Intel Graphics Driver 0 ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 Driver 0
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Windows Large Image Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is reported prone to a denial of service vulnerability. The issue is alleged to manifest when a standard JPEG or GIF image that is loaded from a HTML IMG tag, is resized using very large dimensions.

Initially it was reported that this issue existed in certain VGA display drivers, however, further reports indicate that the issue affects Microsoft Windows 2000, and XP platforms.

Details regarding this vulnerability are not entirely known, reproduction of the issue was partial in nature, this BID will be updated as further analysis of this vulnerability is completed.

Microsoft Windows Large Image Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A proof of concept is available at the following sites, it should be noted that Symantec does not verify the integrity or content of these sites:

http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/crazy.html
http://www.security.nnov.ru/files/ie5hang.asp
http://www.livejournal.com/users/deeplolz

Microsoft Windows Large Image Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Microsoft Windows Large Image Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Advisories:IE5Freeze (3APA3A)
  
• Bipin Gautam Homepage (Bipin Gautam ( hUNT3R))
  
• IE5.5SP1 still vulnerable to huge images (3APA3A <[email protected]>)
  
• Re: IE5.5SP1 still vulnerable to huge images (Fab Siciliano )
  
• Re: Driver for display goes to a infinite loop by viewing a html! (3APA3A <[email protected]>)