CVE-2001-0540
mediumpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.712 · 99 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
71.2% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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5.0
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2001-10-30modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3099enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-040enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6912enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3099nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-040nvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6912nvd
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