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TI-2007-04956 Aliases CVE-2007-5145GHSA-6r26-5g48-43w4

Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by…

Priority LOW 34CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in system DLL files in Microsoft Windows XP, as used by Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 6.00.2900.2180, Don Ho Notepad++, unspecified Adobe Macromedia applications, and other programs, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long strings in the (1) author, (2) title, (3) subject, and (4) comment Properties fields of a file, possibly involving improper handling of extended file attributes by the (a) NtQueryInformationFile, (b) NtQueryDirectoryFile, (c) NtSetInformationFile, (d) FileAllInformation, (e) FileNameInformation, and other FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS functions in ntdll.dll and the (f) GetFileAttributesExW and (g) GetFileAttributesW functions in kernel32.dll, a related issue to CVE-2007-1347.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12845 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5145
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6r26-5g48-43w4

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-04072 The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-03421 The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2011-03009 Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing engine in win32k.sys in the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-01458 Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-00014 Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-04422 NDProxy.sys in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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