Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2000-0073
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) reader allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed control word.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.207 (97.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.207 · newest: 0.207 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-005 (vendor-advisory)
- xforce.iss.net/search.php3 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-0073?
- CVE-2000-0073 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 1999-11-17.
- Is CVE-2000-0073 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.