CVE-2005-0954 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer in Windows 2000 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed Windows Metafile (WMF) file.

Published: 2005-04-03

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 24.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_explorer::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	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:home:::::

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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 0.24352.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111231106513788&w=2
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5CP081FFFY.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9892
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15507

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Explorer Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-03T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:28:29.191Z

Reserved: 2005-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0954

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-0954

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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