CVE-2003-0231

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 36.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 7, 2000, and MSDE allows local or remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a long request to a named pipe.

Affected products

Microsoft Data Engine: 1.0
Microsoft SQL Server: 7.0, 7.0-sp1, 7.0-sp2, 7.0-sp3, 7.0-sp4, 2000 (+4)

References

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-2.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918652
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A299
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a072303-2.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/918652
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A299

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