Servers and applications
CVE-2001-0543
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.
- Severity
- Medium 5.0
- Published
- 20 Sept 2001
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 19% in the next 30 daysHigher than 97% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Memory leak (CWE-401)
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Slow it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
Microsoft Exchange ServerServers and applications · cpe:a:microsoft:exchange_server |
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