CVE-2001-0540

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 30, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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