Description
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu consumption) via a PNG image with crafted (1) Width and (2) Height values in the IHDR block.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (2) EDB-2210 · dos · Aug 18, 2006 · verified
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (3) EDB-2204 · dos · Aug 17, 2006 · verified
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (1) EDB-2194 · dos · Aug 16, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2204 exploit
- 19520 vdb-entry
- 2210 exploit
- 2194 exploit
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=6