{"cve":"CVE-2005-2119","nvd":{"published":"2005-10-12T13:04:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:14:18.577","status":"Modified","description":"The MIDL_user_allocate function in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) proxy (MSDTCPRX.DLL) allocates a 4K page of memory regardless of the required size, which allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations using an incorrect size value that is provided to the NdrAllocate function, which writes management data to memory outside of the allocated buffer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/17161","http://secunia.com/advisories/17172","http://secunia.com/advisories/17223","http://secunia.com/advisories/17509","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/73"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_2003_server","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-2119","score":0.355,"percentile":0.98453,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}