CVE-2001-0540
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a...
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
- Record
CVE-2001-0540- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
- Record
CVE-2001-0540- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0532 No score
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0532- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fmxc-729m-p4cj No score
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a...
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
- Record
GHSA-fmxc-729m-p4cj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0540 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Terminal Server, published October 30, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.