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CVE-2004-0900
The DHCP Server service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Terminal Server Edition does not properly validate the length of certain…
High10.0EPSS 26.0%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.0% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3577 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS04-042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- winnt-dhcp-hardwareaddress-code-execution(18342) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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