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CVE-2004-0202

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IDirectPlay4 Application Programming Interface (API) of Microsoft DirectPlay 7.0a thru 9.0b, as used in Windows Server 2003 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Affected products

• Microsoft Directx: 7.0, 7.0a, 7.1, 8.0, 8.0a, 8.1 (+5)
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/11802
• http://www.osvdb.org/6742
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10487
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-016
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16306
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1027
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2190
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2413
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2516
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2705
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11802
• http://www.osvdb.org/6742

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