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CVE-2003-0813
A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or reboot) by causing two threads to process the same RPC request, which causes one thread to use memory after it has been freed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0352 (Blaster/Nachi), CVE-2003-0715, and CVE-2003-0528, and as demonstrated by certain exploits against those vulnerabilities.
Published: Nov 17, 2003
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-367
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (10)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | * |
| microsoft | windows_98 | - |
| microsoft | windows_nt | 4.0 |
| microsoft | windows_nt | 4.0 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | * |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | * |
| microsoft | windows_xp | - |
| microsoft | windows_xp | - |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-5f25-6f2x-h9x6
A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch...
References (30)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011870.html URL Repurposed
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011886.html URL Repurposed
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011901.html URL Repurposed
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106579825211708&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106588827513795&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106580303918155&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/547820 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8811 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitylab.ru/_exploits/rpc2.c.txt Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/155 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-012 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A893 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A894 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A900 Broken Link
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
5.1 / 10
EPSS Score
15.30%
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
25 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub