# CVE-2004-0116: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in the Windows RPCSS Service DCOM activation function.

- **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:** 16 Apr 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mhq-qg26-p24h

## What is CVE-2004-0116?

CVE-2004-0116 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 16 Apr 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Activation function in the RPCSS Service involved with DCOM activation for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an activation request with a large length field.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0116?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-0116?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-0116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

- [CVE-2008-4250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4250/): Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0232/): Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2009-1123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1123/): Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2002-0367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0367/): Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0269/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-0116 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-0116 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 16 Apr 2004. 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-2004-0116 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-2004-0116/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0116/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0116
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0116
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0116

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