CVE-2004-1623 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows Explorer by tricking users into opening a malicious WAV file with an invalid header.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1623?
CVE-2004-1623 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1623?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1623?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1623 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1623 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1623 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf24-j27r-97jc.