CVE-2004-1623 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 38.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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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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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.

The EPSS score is 0.38705.

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

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:36.901Z

Reserved: 2005-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1623

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-10-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1623

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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