CVE-2007-5145 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause application crashes via long strings in file properties, requiring user interaction to open the malicious file.
- 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-2007-5145?
CVE-2007-5145 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 1 Oct 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
Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.00.2900.2180, Don Ho Notepad++, unspecified Adobe Macromedia applications, and other programs, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long strings in the (1) author, (2) title, (3) subject, and (4) comment Properties fields of a file, possibly involving improper handling of extended file attributes by the (a) NtQueryInformationFile, (b) NtQueryDirectoryFile, (c) NtSetInformationFile, (d) FileAllInformation, (e) FileNameInformation, and other FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS functions in ntdll.dll and the (f) GetFileAttributesExW and (g) GetFileAttributesW functions in kernel32.dll, a related issue to CVE-2007-1347.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5145?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5145?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2007-5145 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5145 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6r26-5g48-43w4.