CVE-2007-5133
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 22.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain PNG file with a large tEXt chunk that possibly triggers an integer overflow in PNG chunk size handling, as demonstrated by badlycrafted.png.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows Explorer - '.png' Image Local Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30619dos, windowspublished 26 Jul 2007Verified
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Timeline
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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 | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.9% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20070925 Possible Windows Explorer bad PNG file preview integer overflow handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070927 Re: Possible Windows Explorer bad PNG file preview integer overflow handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070926 Re: Confirmed: Windows Explorer bad PNG file preview integer overflow handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070927 Re: Re: Re: Confirmed: Windows Explorer bad PNG file preview integer overflow handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 45521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070927 Re: Re: Re: Re: Confirmed: Windows Explorer bad PNG file preview integer overflow handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2007-5114 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-5133)Record last updated .