CVE-2004-0116

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

An Activation function in the RPCSS Service involved with DCOM activation for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an activation request with a large length field.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11065/
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009758.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-115.shtml
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20040413A.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/417052
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10127
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-012
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15708
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A957
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A958

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