CVE-2007-2237

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-369

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/38494
http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/GdiPlus.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290961
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470746/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24346
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018202
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34743
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4044
http://osvdb.org/38494
http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/GdiPlus.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290961

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