CVE-2003-1544

Description

Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 30.18% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/7959	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-1544?: CVE-2003-1544 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-1544?: To fix CVE-2003-1544, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-1544 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-1544 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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