The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) component of Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, and the Exchange Routing Engine component of Exchange Server 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS response message containing length values that are not properly validated.
Published 2004-11-03 05:00:00
Updated 2020-04-09 13:51:02
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Input validationExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2004-0840

Threat overview for CVE-2004-0840

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2004-0840
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 110
IPs affected by CVE-2004-0840 1,268
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0840

93.83%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2004-0840

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2004-0840

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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