CVE-2001-0540

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6912

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-040

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3099

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-10-30

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.29373