CVE-2007-1748 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-1748?

CVE-2007-1748 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 13 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in the Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP 4, Server 2003 SP 1, and Server 2003 SP 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long zone name containing character constants represented by escape sequences.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1748?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-1748 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1748 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules and 5 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vwph-hfgx-rhgf.