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CVE-2004-16231 exploit

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…

Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
18.6%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

18.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-24699 Microsoft Windows XP - '.WAV' File Handler Denial of Service · dos · 2004-10-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • hexview.com /docs/20041021-1.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/17864 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=109846319313443&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/11503 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1011880 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /11053 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred

Sources

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