CVE-2007-1946

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large width dimension in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by w4intof.bmp.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html
http://osvdb.org/41553
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23321
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html
http://osvdb.org/41553
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23321

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