Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.png' Image Local Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

30619


Type:

dos


Platform:

Windows

Date:

2007-07-26


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816/info

Microsoft Windows Explorer is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle malformed PNG image files.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause Windows Explorer to exhaust CPU cycles and become unresponsive.

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