Microsoft Windows Vista atikmdag.sys slideshow denial of service
| win-atikmdag-dos (33300) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Windows Vista is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the atikmdag.sys ATI kernel driver. By creating a specially-crafted JPG file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to view the malicious image in a slideshow.
Note: Only systems using the ATI kernel driver are vulnerable.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Windows Vista
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Microsoft Windows Web site, Windows Vista: Home Page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx.
- VulnWatch Mailing List, Sun Mar 25 2007 - 15:20:07 CDT , Microsoft Windows Vista Slideshow Unspecified Blue Screen Of Death Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0077.html.
- CVE-2007-1763: The ATI kernel driver (atikmdag.sys) in Microsoft Windows Vista allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPG image, as demonstrated by a slideshow, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
- OSVDB ID: 33635: AMD ATI Radeon for Microsoft Windows Vista atikmdag.sys Kernel Mode Driver DoS
- SA24667: AMD ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1160: Microsoft Windows Vista ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Mar 25, 2007
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