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CVE-2001-0659 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data excha)

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0659
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-09-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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