CVE-2004-0897 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Indexing Service for Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly validate the length of a message, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.

Published: 2005-01-19

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 50.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.5051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13802
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012833
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-095.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/657118
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12228
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2128
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2447

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:48.078Z

Reserved: 2004-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0897

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-11T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0897

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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