CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1127

7.5 HIGH Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-772

Description

Windows NT 4.0 does not properly shut down invalid named pipe RPC connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a series of connections containing malformed data, aka the "Named Pipes Over RPC" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows nt 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References