CVE-2003-0818
highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.822 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
Multiple integer overflows in Microsoft ASN.1 library (MSASN1.DLL), as used in LSASS.EXE, CRYPT32.DLL, and other Microsoft executables and libraries on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via ASN.1 BER encodings with (1) very large length fields that cause arbitrary heap data to be overwritten, or (2) modified bit strings.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (4)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-153Microsoft Windows - ASN.1 'LSASS.exe' Remote Denial of Service (MS04-007)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-16377Microsoft Windows - ASN.1 Library Bitstring Heap Overflow (MS04-007) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-3022Microsoft Windows - ASN.1 Remote (MS04-007)functional · exploit_db
affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprisenvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows 2003 server= enterprise_64-bitnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107643836125615&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107643892224825&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=107650972617367&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=107650972723080&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/216324enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/583108enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-041A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-007enisa_euvd
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