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CVE-2005-0416

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 41.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+2)
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20050111.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547079218397&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110556975827760&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12233
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-002
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18879
• http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20050111.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547079218397&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110556975827760&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12233
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-002
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18879

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