CVE-2007-4227

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Published Aug 8, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 13.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain JPG file, as demonstrated by something.jpg. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2007-3958.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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Exploit prediction score: 13.4% (13.444% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475655/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25207

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 8, 2007, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:46 PM
Reserved: Aug 8, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 8, 2007, 10:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

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