CVE-2007-2237
Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI+, GdiPlus.dll) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 15.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows - GDI+ '.ICO' File Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4044dos, windowspublished 7 Jun 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows XP - GDI+ '.ICO' File Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30160dos, windowspublished 6 Jun 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4044 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 42 days later
· 42 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.4% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 24346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#290961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 4044 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1018202 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20070607 CSIS Advisory: Microsoft GDI+ Integer division by zero flaw handling .ICO files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/GdiPlus.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38494 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- windows-gdi-dos(34743) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-2232 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-2237)Record last updated .