CVE-2006-4066 Information

Description

The Graphical Device Interface Plus library (gdiplus.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain images that trigger a divide-by-zero error as demonstrated by a (1) .ico file (2) .png file that crashes MSN Messenger and (3) .jpg file that crashes Internet Explorer. NOTE: another researcher has not been able to reproduce this issue.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441548/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441723/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441875/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19221 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19301 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3114 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28183