Stack-based buffer overflow in the animated cursor code in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of servic...
Date: 2007-03
Affected: microsoft/windows_2000, microsoft/windows_2003_server, microsoft/windows_vista, microsoft/windows_xp
Attack vector: rce
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2007-0038
CWE: CWE-119
CVSS: 9.3 ()

Stack-based buffer overflow in the animated cursor code in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot) via a large length value in the second (or later) anih block of a RIFF .ANI, cur, or .ico file, which results in memory corruption when processing cursors, animated cursors, and icons, a variant of CVE-2005-0416, as originally demonstrated using Internet Explorer 6 and 7. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-1765; if so, then CVE-2007-0038 should be preferred.


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