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CVE-2007-3958 (GCVE-0-2007-3958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:37
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain GIF file, as demonstrated by Art.gif.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-exten… x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/43773 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4215 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25013 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2007-07-23 00:00
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