# 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 d

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2003-10-15 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011870.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106579825211708&w=2
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011901.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/547820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A894
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106588827513795&w=2
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-012
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=106580303918155&w=2
- http://www.securitylab.ru/_exploits/rpc2.c.txt
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8811
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011886.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A900
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A893

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