# CVE-2003-0824: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions and SharePoint Team Services via a specific request.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:** 18 Nov 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gf5-7xvc-c7p8

## What is CVE-2003-0824?

CVE-2003-0824 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 18 Nov 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unknown vulnerability in the SmartHTML interpreter (shtml.dll) in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000 and 2002, and Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (response failure) via a certain request.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0824?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions, Microsoft Sharepoint Team Services, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-0824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-0824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

- [CVE-2002-0692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0692/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2003-0822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0822/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-0341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0341/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-0015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0015/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0824 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-0824 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 18 Nov 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2000. 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-2003-0824/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0824/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0824
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0824
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0824

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