CVE-2007-5133

Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

22.9%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2003 Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

Published

2007-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5133

Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2003 Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5133.
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