CVE-2000-0544

Medium

Published: 05/06/2000(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

16.80%

97th percentile - higher than 97% of all known CVEs

Summary

Windows NT and Windows 2000 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via malformed DCE/RPC SMBwriteX requests that contain an invalid data length.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely disrupt access to services on affected hosts, leading to downtime of systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update systems to the latest versions and monitor network traffic for suspicious requests.

Original NVD description (English source)

Windows NT and Windows 2000 hosts allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via malformed DCE/RPC SMBwriteX requests that contain an invalid data length.