CVE-2005-0044

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
50.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: May 2, 2005 (7682 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The OLE component in Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and Exchange Server 5.0 through 2003, does not properly validate the lengths of messages for certain OLE data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "Input Validation Vulnerability."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft exchange servermicrosoft windows 2000microsoft windows 2003 servermicrosoft windows 98microsoft windows 98semicrosoft windows memicrosoft windows xp

References

🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org