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CVE-2004-0840

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2004-11-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) component of Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition, and the Exchange Routing Engine component of Exchange Server 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS response message containing length values that are not properly validated.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows XpMicrosoft Exchange Server

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References