Bloodhound.Exploit.24

Bloodhound.Exploit.24 is a heuristic detection for malformed Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files attempting to exploit one of the several buffer overflows in libPNG (which is described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-009 and Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-025).

This applies to applications that render and display PNG images, such as Microsoft Windows Messenger, Microsoft MSN Messenger, and Windows Media Player 9 (except under Windows XP SP2). Microsoft Internet Explorer is not impacted.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version February 6, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version February 6, 2005
• Initial Daily Certified version October 31, 2007 revision 003
• Latest Daily Certified version June 17, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date February 9, 2005

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low