CVE-2004-0574

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
85.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: November 3, 2004 (7862 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-787

Affected Products

microsoft exchange servermicrosoft windows 2000microsoft windows ntmicrosoft windows server 2003

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.ciac.org 🔗 www.coresecurity.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 docs.microsoft.com