Vulnerability CVE-2008-4127
Published: 2008-09-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Gold 7.0.5730 and 8 Beta 8.0.6001 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failure of subsequent image rendering) via a crafted PNG file, related to an infinite loop in the CDwnTaskExec::ThreadExec function.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Microsoft Internet Explorer DoS in Rendering Malicious PNG Files.
Aditya K Sood
18.09.2008

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4273
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496483/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31215
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45225
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