CVE-2004-1305
Description
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) the frame number set to zero, which causes an invalid memory address to be used and leads to a kernel crash, or (2) the rate number set to zero, which leads to resource exhaustion and hang.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.58579 (58.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:712 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2580 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- VU#697136 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- MS05-002 (docs.microsoft.com)vendor-advisory
- xfocus.net/flashsky/icoExp
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3216 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- 20041223 Microsoft Windows Kernel ANI File Parsing Crash and DOS Vulnerability (marc.info)mailing-list
- win-ani-ratenumber-dos(18667) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
- TA05-012A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- VU#177584 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1304 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3957 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
Timeline
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- Record published
- Record last updated
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