The Internet Mail Service in Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by directly connecting to the SMTP service and sending a certain extended verb request, possibly triggering a buffer overflow in Exchange 2000.
CVE-2003-0714
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 76%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 17, 2003
Last Modified
June 16, 2026
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106682909006586&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422156
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8838
- cve@mitrehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-046
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106682909006586&w=2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-27.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422156
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8838
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-046
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16820✓ verifiedFirst seen Nov 11, 2010
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - XEXCH50 Heap Overflow (MS03-046) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-113✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 22, 2003
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - XEXCH50 Heap Overflow (PoC) (MS03-046)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/smtp/ms03_046_exchange2000_xexch50✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 15, 2003
MS03-046 Exchange 2000 XEXCH50 Heap Overflow
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