WinImage FAT image denial of service
| winimage-fat-dos (36669) |  Low Risk |
Description:
WinImage is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the FAT image header. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .IMG file with a modified FAT header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Gilles Vollant Software, WinImage 8.10 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Sep 15 2007 - 13:22:54 CDT, WinImage 8.10 vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0159.html.
- WinImage Web site, WinImage at http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm.
- BID-25687: WinImage Image Files Denial of Service and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4964: WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid BPB_BytsPerSec field in the header of a .IMG file.
Reported:
Sep 15, 2007
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