CVE-2004-1049

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

30.6%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Integer overflow in the LoadImage API of the USER32 Lib for Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .bmp, .cur, .ico or .ani file with a large image size field, which leads to a buffer overflow, aka the "Cursor and Icon Format Handling Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2004-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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