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TI-2001-00525 Aliases CVE-2001-0540GHSA-fmxc-729m-p4cj

Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to…

Priority MEDIUM 61Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.71247 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0540
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fmxc-729m-p4cj

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2000-00305 Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Terminal Server systems allow a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2006-04313 Microsoft Terminal Server, when running an application session with the "Start program at… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00859 Multihomed Windows systems allow a remote attacker to bypass IP source routing… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-02505 The Terminal Server in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, when using TLS, allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-00386 The cryptographic challenge of SMB authentication in Windows 95 and Windows 98 can be… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2000-00404 The CIFS Computer Browser service allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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