CVE-2007-5133 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 22.9% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain PNG file with a large tEXt chunk that possibly triggers an integer overflow in PNG chunk size handling, as demonstrated by badlycrafted.png.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 22.91% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-09-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| 3ware | 3dm disk management software |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.png' Image Local Denial of Service | 2007-07-26 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/45521
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480594/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480706/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480827/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480854/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816
- http://osvdb.org/45521
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480594/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480706/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480827/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480854/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816
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