Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2005-0416
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.
EPSS: 0.407 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_2000
- Microsoft Windows_2003_server — versions enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2
- Microsoft Windows_98
- Microsoft Windows_98se
- Microsoft Windows_me
- Microsoft Windows_nt — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0416?
- CVE-2005-0416 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2005-04-27.
- Is CVE-2005-0416 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.