CVE-2004-0206: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 74.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) services for Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code or locally gain privileges via a malicious message or application that involves an "unchecked buffer," possibly a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2004-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.