CVE-2005-0954

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 20 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:32:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900

6.0.2900

Microsoft windows_explorer

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

References

20050331 WindowsXP malformed .wmf files DoS

http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5CP081FFFY.html

Vendor Advisory

9892

winxp-explorer-wmf-dos(15507)

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