CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Microsoft, Windows. Its EPSS score suggests a 29.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2006-1184
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
29.84%
Microsoft Windows
Original NVD Description
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.