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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 18.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows XP - '.WAV' File Handler Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24699dos, windowspublished 22 Oct 2004Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
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
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1617 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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