CVE-2002-1712

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a flood of empty TCP/IP packets with the ACK and FIN bits set to the NetBIOS port (TCP/139), as demonstrated by stream3.

Exploit likelihood

25.8%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2002-1712
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2002-1712
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2002-1691 No score

Record: EUVD-2002-1691
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qqrj-v5vx-f7h4 No score

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)...

Record: GHSA-qqrj-v5vx-f7h4
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - TCP Stack Denial of Service (1)	2001-04-13
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - TCP Stack Denial of Service (2)	2001-04-13

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2002-1712 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Windows 2000, published December 31, 2002. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.