CVE-2007-1946

high

Description

Integer overflow in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large width dimension in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by w4intof.bmp.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-1940

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23321

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558

http://osvdb.org/41553

http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.26065