CVE-2001-0543

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 20, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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