CVE-2007-1294 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 7 by sending large values to the DivX Web Player ActiveX control, requiring user interaction to load the malicious content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1294?
CVE-2007-1294 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A certain ActiveX control in the DivXBrowserPlugin (npdivx32.dll) in DivX Web Player, as distributed with DivX Player 1.3.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via large values to DivxWP.Resize, related to resizing images.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1294?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Divx Divx Web Player.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-1294 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1294 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7wjg-92rv-969v.