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>> Microsoft Windows Mobile Internet Explorer and Pictures and Videos Denial of Service

Title : Microsoft Windows Mobile Internet Explorer and Pictures and Videos Denial of Service
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0434
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0674 - CVE-2007-0685
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-31


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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Windows Mobile, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service.

The first issue is due to an error in Internet Explorer when handling malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

The second issue is due to an error in the Pictures and Videos application that fails to properly handle malformed JPEG images, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a vulnerable device to hang, creating a denial of service condition.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003
Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003SE
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0

Solution

VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0434
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trend-micro-finds-more-windows-mobile-flaws/

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Trend Micro

ChangeLog

2007-01-31 : Initial release

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