Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2005-2119
The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of memory regardless of the required size, which allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations using an incorrect size value that is provided to the NdrAllocate function, which writes management data to memory outside of the allocated buffer.
EPSS: 0.355 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_2000
- Microsoft Windows_2003_server — versions 64-bit, itanium, r2
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)