CVE-2000-1003 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Windows 95/98 NETBIOS clients by triggering an unknown driver type response from a file sharing service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-1003?
CVE-2000-1003 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 98, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NETBIOS client in Windows 95 and Windows 98 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by changing a file sharing service to return an unknown driver type, which causes the client to crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1003?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1003 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-2000-1003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 98
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqx6-h737-v69g.