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CVE-2007-0125 (GCVE-0-2007-0125)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:03
VLAI
Summary
Kaspersky Labs Antivirus Engine 6.0 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux before 20070102 enter an infinite loop upon encountering an invalid NumberOfRvaAndSizes value in the Optional Windows Header of a portable executable (PE) file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by scanning a crafted PE file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/23575 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0067 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://osvdb.org/32588 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21901 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017476 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2007-01-05 00:00
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