MEDIUM
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) the frame number set to zero, which causes an invalid memory address to be used and leads to a kernel crash, or (2) the rate number set to zero, which leads to resource exhaustion and hang
Published Jan 6, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 58.58%
Description
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) the frame number set to zero, which causes an invalid memory address to be used and leads to a kernel crash, or (2) the rate number set to zero, which leads to resource exhaustion and hang.
Affected products
No data.
OR
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- enterprise
- enterprise_64-bit
- r2
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- standard
- web
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- 4.0
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
58.58% 0.58579
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.58579
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 58.58% (0.58579) | 99.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 58.58% (0.58579) | 99.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 62.36% (0.62360) | 99.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 58.58% (0.58579) | 98.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 78.47% (0.78473) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 77.41% (0.77406) | 98.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 78.47% (0.78473) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 77.41% (0.77406) | 98.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 78.47% (0.78473) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 83.12% (0.83123) | 99.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 14, 2025 | 77.41% (0.77406) | 98.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 62.80% (0.62797) | 98.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 60.06% (0.60063) | 97.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 61.99% (0.61995) | 98.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 43.10% (0.43102) | 97.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 32.30% (0.32305) | 97.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 19.59% (0.19594) | 96.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 14, 2023 | 15.26% (0.15264) | 95.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 10.44% (0.10443) | 94.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.11% (0.10109) | 93.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 44.55% (0.44552) | 98.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 44.55% (0.44552) | 97.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382854111833&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/177584 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.xfocus.net/flashsky/icoExp/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-002 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18667 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1304 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2580 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3216 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3957 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A712 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 6, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2004
Link CVE-2004-1305
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a