CVE-2002-1561

N/A Unknown
Published: April 02, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The RPC component in Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled RPC service) via a malformed packet to the RPC Endpoint Mapper at TCP port 135, which triggers a null pointer dereference.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/261537
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296114/2002-10-14/2002-10-20/0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-010
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A59
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
62.2%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft