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CVE-1999-1361
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2001-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Nt: 3.5.1, 4.0
References
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