CVE-2000-0851 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the Still Image Service to gain elevated privileges on Windows 2000 systems.

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-2000-0851?

CVE-2000-0851 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 22 Jan 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Still Image Service in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain additional privileges via a long WM_USER message, aka the "Still Image Service Privilege Escalation" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0851?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2000-0851 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0851 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p2v4-hxgw-m9v7.

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