CVE-2005-0416
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allows…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 41.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Windows Animated Cursor (ANI) capability in Windows NT, Windows 2000 through SP4, Windows XP through SP1, and Windows 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the AnimationHeaderBlock length field, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - '.ANI' Downloader (MS05-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 771remote, windowspublished 24 Jan 2005Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - '.ANI' Universal (MS05-002) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 765remote, windowspublished 22 Jan 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.0% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- MS05-002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20050111 EEYE: Windows ANI File Parsing Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20050112 Windows ANI File Parsing Proof Of Concept (MS05-002) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20050111.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- win-user32-aniheader-overflow(18879) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 12233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2005-0417 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0416)Record last updated .