Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-1090

Description

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed WMF file, which triggers the crash when the user browses the folder.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Windows Explorer2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

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References

osvdb.org/34490nvd
securityvulns.com/Qdocument170.htmlnvd
securityvulns.com/news/Microsoft/Windows/Explorer/DoS.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461373/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22715nvd

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