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PUBLISHED DATE: September 20, 2001CVE-2001-0659:
Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS:
5
EPSS:
1440.90%
Exploitability:
10
In KEV:
No
Description

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

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