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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Image Rendering Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15064

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15064/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/22/

DESCRIPTION:
Andrew has discovered a vulnerability in Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the image rendering
for overly large images. This can e.g. be exploited to crash a
vulnerable system when a user views an image with overly large HTML
size attributes in e.g. Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched Microsoft
Windows XP SP2 system. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not view HTML content from untrusted sources while running
critical applications.

Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Andrew

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