CVE-2004-0574
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Exchange…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000 Server, and Exchange Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via XPAT patterns, possibly related to improper length validation and an "unchecked buffer," leading to off-by-one and heap-based buffer overflows.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows NNTP Service (XPAT) - Denial of Service (MS04-036) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 578dos, windowspublished 16 Oct 2004Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.8% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- win-nntp-bo(17641) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041012 CORE-2004-0802: IIS NNTP Service XPAT Command Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- P-012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:246 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS04-036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#203126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=420&idxseccion=10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- win-ms04036-patch(17661) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0573 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0574)Record last updated .