CVE-2001-0014 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows 2000 Terminal Services by sending malformed RDP packets.

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-2001-0014?

CVE-2001-0014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 7 May 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Remote Data Protocol (RDP) in Windows 2000 Terminal Service does not properly handle certain malformed packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, aka the "Invalid RDP Data" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0014 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-2001-0014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-45q7-vcfp-hhr3.

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