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CVE-2001-0505

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 33.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple memory leaks in Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed requests to (1) the Telnet service, or (2) the NFS service.

Affected products

• Microsoft Services: 2.0

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581603
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/994851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3089
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-039
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6882
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6883
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581603
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/994851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3089
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-039
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6882
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6883

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