Intrusion PreventionMS.IE.pngfilt.ProcessTRNS.Null.Pointer.Dereference
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a a null-pointer-dereference vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
This vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software parses a malformed tRNS chunk in a png file. An attacker may exploit this to cause a denial of service.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Impact
Denial of service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Upgrade to the latest version, available from the website:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 25240 |
| Created | Mar 08, 2011 |
| Updated | Nov 03, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2007-2445 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 87.22% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IE |