CVE-1999-1127 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Microsoft Windows NT

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
30.0%
top 3.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Windows NT
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateApr 30

Description

Windows NT 4.0 does not properly shut down invalid named pipe RPC connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a series of connections containing malformed data, aka the "Named Pipes Over RPC" vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: support.microsoft.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: support.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fjjp-8g8w-55f2: Windows NT 4↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-1999-1127: Windows NT 4↗2002-03-09
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