CVE-2000-0228 — Microsoft Windows Media License Manager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed request that causes the manager to halt, aka the "Malformed Media License Request" Vulnerability

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MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows Media License Manager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed request that causes the manager to halt, aka the "Malformed Media License Request" Vulnerability

Published Jun 2, 2000

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 13.68%

Description

Microsoft Windows Media License Manager allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed request that causes the manager to halt, aka the "Malformed Media License Request" Vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

13.68% 0.13683

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.13683

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	13.68% (0.13683)	96.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	13.68% (0.13683)	95.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	18.27% (0.18274)	94.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	19.62% (0.19623)	92.52th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	18.27% (0.18274)	94.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	15.29% (0.15287)	94.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	18.16% (0.18165)	96.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	18.16% (0.18165)	95.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.29% (0.03292)	89.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	11.68% (0.11676)	95.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	94.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	88.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1058
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-016
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1058		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-016		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 2, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Apr 12, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0228

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0228

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0228