CVE-2001-0543 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Memory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 20)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0543 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | CWE-401 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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