CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0659

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2001-09-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

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

Description

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/209385 online.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3215 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-046 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/209385 online.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3215 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-046 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7008 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com