CVE-2004-1305 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability affecting various Windows operating systems, including NT, 2000, XP, and 2003. Attackers can exploit this by crafting malicious ANI files with a zero frame number, leading to a kernel crash, or a zero rate number, causing resource exhaustion and a system hang. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, resulting in a partial availability impact. The EPSS score of 0.78473 suggests a higher than average probability of exploitation. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for a kernel crash via ANI file parsing is available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:ip_softphone_2050:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:media_communication_server_5100:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:media_communication_server_5200:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:media_processing_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:periphonics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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