# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r8x6-rcp7-vcjc

## 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 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0714?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- MS03-046 Exchange 2000 XEXCH50 Heap Overflow (metasploit)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - XEXCH50 Heap Overflow (PoC) (MS03-046) (exploitdb)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - XEXCH50 Heap Overflow (MS03-046) (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server

- [CVE-2024-21410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21410/): Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-34473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34473/): Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-26855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26855/): Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-34523](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34523/): Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-21529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21529/): Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0714 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0714 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Exchange Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0714/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0714/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0714
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0714
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0714

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.