CVE-2004-1305
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382854111833&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/177584
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697136
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012A.html
- http://www.xfocus.net/flashsky/icoExp/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-002
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18667
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1304
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2580
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3216
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3957
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A712
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.