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Microsoft Windows Explorer PNG Image - Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

🗓️ 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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Microsoft Windows Explorer PNG Image Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Fails to handle malformed PNG image files, leading to CPU exhaustion and unresponsiveness

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                                                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25816/info

Microsoft Windows Explorer is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle malformed PNG image files.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause Windows Explorer to exhaust CPU cycles and become unresponsive.

http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/30619.png
                              

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