CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0543
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
Memory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed posts.
Affected configurations
• microsoft exchange server 2000
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows nt 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334 Third Party Advisory