CVE-2001-0543

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-07-10 CVE Reserved
2001-09-20 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043	2020-04-02

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Exchange Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Exchange Server"				2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Exchange Server" and version "2000"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		-		Affected