CVE-1999-0728 Denial of service in n/a
A local user can disable keyboard or mouse input on Windows NT by directly calling specific IOCTLs, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0728?
CVE-1999-0728 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 4 Jan 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Windows NT user can disable the keyboard or mouse by directly calling the IOCTLs which control them.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0728?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0728?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-0728 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-r7mg-fmm2-chj3.