CVE-2004-0840

Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) component of Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, and the Exchange Routing Engine component of Exchange Server 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS response message containing length values that are not properly validated.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11374
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-035
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17660
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17621
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/394792

Scores

EPSS 0.3029
EPSS Percentile 98.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/exchange_server 2003
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2003 r2
microsoft/windows_xp
Published Nov 03, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026