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CVE-2004-0202

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0202 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft DirectPlay 7.0a through 9.0b, present in Windows Server 2003 and earlier operating systems. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed packet to the IDirectPlay4 API, causing an application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:7.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:8.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2630 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-016
secunia.com / advisories/11802
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16306
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1027
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2190
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2413
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2516
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2705
osvdb.org / 6742
securityfocus.com / bid/10487
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