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CVE-2001-0017

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-05-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in PPTP server in Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed data packet, aka the "Malformed PPTP Packet Stream" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: through 4.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2368
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-009
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6103
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2368
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-009
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6103

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