CVE-2004-0900: Microsoft Windows Nt

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DHCP Server service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Terminal Server Edition does not properly validate the length of certain messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP message, aka the "DHCP Request Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.