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CVE-2001-0545

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IIS 4.0 with URL redirection enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed request that specifies a length that is different than the actual length.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Information Server: 4.0

References

• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-132.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/5736
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-044
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6981
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-132.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/5736
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-044
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6981

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