CVE-2007-2237
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.154 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI+, GdiPlus.dll) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ICO file with an InfoHeader containing a Height of zero, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.2–7.1
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-30160Microsoft Windows XP - GDI+ '.ICO' File Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-4044Microsoft Windows - GDI+ '.ICO' File Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/38494enisa_euvd
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/GdiPlus.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290961enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470746/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24346enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018202enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2083enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34743enisa_euvd
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