CVE-2001-0659 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0659?

CVE-2001-0659 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0659?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0659?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0659 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-2001-0659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9cf4-53j8-hcv6.