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CVE-2005-0738

Stack consumption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 allows users to cause a denial of service (hang) by deleting or moving a folder with deeply nested subfolders, which causes Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to hang as a result of a large number of recursive calls.

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
2 May 2005
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
4.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 91% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Microsoft Exchange ServerServers and applications · cpe:a:microsoft:exchange_server
  • Version 2003
  • Version 2003-sp1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0738
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0738