CVE-2009-2517 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2517?

CVE-2009-2517 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 14 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 does not properly handle unspecified exceptions when an error condition occurs, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2517?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2517 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-2009-2517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003

• CVE-2011-2005 Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-3863 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3181 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-0077 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2012-0009 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3

All Microsoft Windows Server 2003 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vrr7-72hm-vrmm.