CVE-2002-1873 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash or exhaust memory in Microsoft Exchange 2000 by sending malformed MSRPC calls, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1873?
CVE-2002-1873 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Exchange 2000, when used with Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MSRPC), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via malformed MSRPC calls.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
- CVE-2024-21410 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-34473 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7q5c-v9g6-cw6h.