CVE-2008-4327 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted .ico files, requiring user interaction to view the 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-2008-4327?
CVE-2008-4327 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 30 Sep 2008. 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
gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not properly handle crafted .ico files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a certain crash.ico file on a web site, and allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and persistent application crash) via this crash.ico file on the desktop, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2237.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4327?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4327?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4327 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-2008-4327 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4327 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2433-jm2h-c4v9.