CVE-2001-1186
mediumpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.347 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a content-length value that is larger than the size of the request, which prevents IIS from timing out the connection.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-21177Microsoft IIS 5.0 - False Content-Length Field Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft internet information services= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931enisa_euvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244892enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3667enisa_euvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931nvd
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100nvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.phpVendor Advisorynvd
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