CVE-2004-1623

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Published Feb 20, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 18.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WAV file property handler in Windows XP SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop in Explorer) via a WAV file with an invalid file header whose fmt chunk length is set to 0xFFFFFFFF.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::embedded:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::home:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::media_center:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:embedded:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:home:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:media_center:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 18.6% (18.562% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109846319313443&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011880
http://www.hexview.com/docs/20041021-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/11053
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11503
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17864

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 20, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM
Reserved: Feb 20, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 22, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

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