AMD ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA24667
Release Date: 2007-03-30
Last Update: 2007-08-20
Popularity: 16,452 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows Vista

Software:ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-1763


Description:
A weakness has been reported in AMD ATI Radeon Kernel Driver, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The weakness is caused due to an unspecified error within the ATI Radeon Kernel Driver (atikmdag.sys) in certain system configurations. This can be exploited to crash the system by e.g. enabling the slideshow feature on certain directories, or loading or quitting certain games.

Solution:
Reportedly fixed in the latest driver versions.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in a forum by slrranma.
Additional research done by Micha Majchrowicz and Olo.

Changelog:
2007-04-02: Added CVE reference.
2007-08-20: Updated advisory and "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://leovilletownsquare.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?fid/27/tid/17600/

VulnWatch:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0077.html


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