CVE - CVE-2007-0842

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0842	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The 64-bit versions of Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 standard library (MSVCR80.DLL) time functions, including (1) localtime, (2) localtime_s, (3) gmtime, (4) gmtime_s, (5) ctime, (6) ctime_s, (7) wctime, (8) wctime_s, and (9) fstat, trigger an assertion error instead of a NULL pointer or EINVAL when processing a time argument later than Jan 1, 3000, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via large time values. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a design limitation of the functions, and the vulnerability lies with any application that does not validate arguments to these functions. However, this behavior is inconsistent with documentation, which does not list assertions as a possible result of an error condition.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20070212 SecurityVulns.com: Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 standard library time functions invalid assertion DoS (Problem 3000). URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459847/100/0/threaded MISC:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a442x3ye(VS.80).aspx OSVDB:33626 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/33626~~ (Obsolete source) SREASON:2237 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2237 XF:visualstudio-time-dos(32454) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32454
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070207	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070207)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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