Vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

CVE-2006-1184

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.

EPSS: 0.306 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-1184?
CVE-2006-1184 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator. Published 2006-05-10.
Is CVE-2006-1184 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.