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CVE-2007-5145

UnknownEPSS 10.42%

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CVE-2007-5145 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.00.2900.2180, Don Ho Notepad++, unspecified Adobe Macromedia applications, and other programs, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long strings in the (1) author, (2) title, (3) subject, and (4) comment Properties fields of a file, possibly involving improper handling of extended file attributes by the (a) NtQueryInformationFile, (b) NtQueryDirectoryFile, (c) NtSetInformationFile, (d) FileAllInformation, (e) FileNameInformation, and other FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS functions in ntdll.dll and the (f) GetFileAttributesExW and (g) GetFileAttributesW functions in kernel32.dll, a related issue to CVE-2007-1347.. EPSS estimates a 10.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.00.2900.2180, Don Ho Notepad++, unspecified Adobe Macromedia applications, and other programs, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long strings in the (1) author, (2) title, (3) subject, and (4) comment Properties fields of a file, possibly involving improper handling of extended file attributes by the (a) NtQueryInformationFile, (b) NtQueryDirectoryFile, (c) NtSetInformationFile, (d) FileAllInformation, (e) FileNameInformation, and other FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS functions in ntdll.dll and the (f) GetFileAttributesExW and (g) GetFileAttributesW functions in kernel32.dll, a related issue to CVE-2007-1347.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
10.42%

95.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows XpAll versions

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2007-5145?
Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.00.2900.2180, Don Ho Notepad++, unspecified Adobe Macromedia applications, and other programs, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long strings in the (1) author, (2) title, (3) subject, and (4) comment Properties fields of a file, possibly involving improper handling of extended file attributes by the (a) NtQueryInformationFile, (b) NtQueryDirectoryFile, (c) NtSetInformationFile, (d) FileAllInformation, (e) FileNameInformation, and other FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS functions in ntdll.dll and the (f) GetFileAttributesExW and (g) GetFileAttributesW functions in kernel32.dll, a related issue to CVE-2007-1347.
How severe is CVE-2007-5145?
Severity scoring for CVE-2007-5145 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 10.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5145?
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Source: NVD / NIST