CVE-2003-0813 Race condition in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows RPC DCOM by triggering a race condition that leads to use-after-free, requiring the MS03-039 patch.

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-2003-0813?

CVE-2003-0813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 15 Oct 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or reboot) by causing two threads to process the same RPC request, which causes one thread to use memory after it has been freed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0352 (Blaster/Nachi), CVE-2003-0715, and CVE-2003-0528, and as demonstrated by certain exploits against those vulnerabilities.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0813?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Nt, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0813?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-0813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CVE-2003-0862, GHSA-5f25-6f2x-h9x6.

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