CVE-2005-1978: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 53.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

COM+ in Microsoft Windows does not properly "create and use memory structures," which allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version 64-bit only; version itanium only; version r2 only; version sp1 only
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2005-10-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.