CVE-2007-5133 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) affecting various Windows versions including XP, Vista, and Server 2003. This flaw allows a user-assisted remote attacker to consume excessive CPU resources by presenting a specially crafted PNG file containing a large tEXt chunk, potentially leading to an integer overflow during chunk size handling. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), the vulnerability is remotely exploitable with medium attack complexity, resulting in a complete denial of service. While there is an ExploitDB entry for a local denial of service, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:std:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:wed:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:x64-std:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.