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CVE-2000-0073

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) reader allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed control word.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ249973
• http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=win-malformed-rtf-control-word
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-005
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ249973
• http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=win-malformed-rtf-control-word
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-005

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