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CVE-1999-0726

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An attacker can conduct a denial of service in Windows NT by executing a program with a malformed file image header.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp4

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234557
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/499
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-023
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234557
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/499
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-023

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