Buffer overflow in Microsoft Exchange Server
CVE-2004-0574
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via XPAT patterns, possibly related to improper length validation and an "unchecked buffer," leading to off-by-one and heap-based buffer overflows.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.644 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.644 · newest: 0.644 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Exchange Server — versions 2000, 2003
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Nt — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 — versions r2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5070 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5021 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17641 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4392 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-012.shtml (government-resource, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:246 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-036 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203126 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5926 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)