CVE-2004-2179

Exp

asycpict.dll, as used in Microsoft products such as Front Page 97 and 98, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a JPEG image with maximum height and width values.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2179 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.24%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2179

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2179

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-06 9.49% 10.24% +0.75%
2 2026-06-05 10.24% 9.49% -0.75%
3 2026-06-04 — 10.24% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2179

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2179

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2179

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft frontpage 97 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft frontpage 98 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.0.1:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2179

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