CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4625

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Drivers for certain display adapters, including an unspecified ATI driver and an unspecified Intel driver, may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large JPEG image. The attack was demonstrated in Internet Explorer using an image with dimensions of 9999999 pixels.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker can remotely crash the system, leading to service disruption and potential data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the graphics card drivers to the latest versions available from the manufacturer and consider restricting the display of large images in browsers.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Drivers for certain display adapters, including (1) an unspecified ATI driver and (2) an unspecified Intel driver, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large JPEG image, as demonstrated in Internet Explorer using stoopid.jpg with a width and height of 9999999.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS