CVE-2004-0574: Microsoft Exchange Server

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 64.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Exchange Server: version 2000 only; version 2003 only
• Microsoft Windows 2000: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: version r2 only

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