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CVE-2004-1623
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 18.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.6% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.hexview.com/docs/20041021-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- windowsxp-explorer-wav-dos(17864) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041021 [HV-LOW] Unsafe WAV header handling can cause DoS on Windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11503 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1011880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 11053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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