CVE-2004-0897

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 42.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

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

References

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
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

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