CVE-2007-4941 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by tricking users into opening a malicious AVI file in KMPlayer.
- 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-2007-4941?
CVE-2007-4941 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Sep 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
KMPlayer 2.9.3.1210 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a .avi file with certain large "indx truck size" and nEntriesInuse values.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4941?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Kmplayer.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4941?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4941 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-2007-4941 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4941 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqrx-9wh5-2757.