CVE-2003-0714 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Microsoft Exchange Server by sending a specific SMTP request, exhausting memory.
- 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-2003-0714?
CVE-2003-0714 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 17 Oct 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Internet Mail Service in Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by directly connecting to the SMTP service and sending a certain extended verb request, possibly triggering a buffer overflow in Exchange 2000.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0714?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0714?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0714 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-2003-0714 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0714 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
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- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r8x6-rcp7-vcjc.