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CVE-2002-1140

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Sun Microsystems RPC library Services for Unix 3.0 Interix SD, as implemented on Microsoft Windows NT4, 2000, and XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via malformed packet fragments, aka "Improper parameter size check leading to denial of service."

Affected products

• Microsoft Services: 3.0

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10258.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5879
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-057
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10258.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5879
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-057

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