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CVE-2005-0044

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 33.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The OLE component in Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and Exchange Server 5.0 through 2003, does not properly validate the lengths of messages for certain OLE data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "Input Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Exchange Server: 5.0 (and their updates)
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web (and their updates)
• 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://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927889
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-012
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19109
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1180
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2917
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3568
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4499
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927889
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-039A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-012
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19109

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