01 Record
CVE-2003-0717
The Messenger Service for Windows NT through Server 2003 does not properly verify the length of the message, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Messenger Service for Windows NT through Server 2003 does not properly verify the length of the message, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 60.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-10-17 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-09-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34b9ee5cec2334c40753eea541b7efa382aafc050520165c7177cc643c4583c8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20031018 Proof of concept for Windows Messenger Service overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106666713812158&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:213https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A213
- marc.info20031016 MS03-043 Popup Messenger Servce buffer-overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106632188709562&w=2
- www.cert.orgCA-2003-27http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#575892http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575892
- www.securityfocus.com8826http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8826
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:268https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A268
- docs.microsoft.comMS03-043https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-043