What is CVE-2002-1712?

CVE-2002-1712 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-1712 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2002-1712

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.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.258 (97.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.258 · newest: 0.258 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Nt — versions 4.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8037 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3967 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252616 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1712?: CVE-2002-1712 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-1712 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.