CVE-2007-2237 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the system by providing a specially crafted ICO file with a zero height, affecting Windows GDI+ components.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2237?
CVE-2007-2237 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 6 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI+, GdiPlus.dll) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ICO file with an InfoHeader containing a Height of zero, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2237?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2237?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2237 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-2007-2237 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2237 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42cx-qwh9-c3xj.