CVE-2001-1184 — wrshdsp.exe in Denicomp Winsock RSHD/NT 2.21.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) in 2.20.00 and earlier, an invalid port number such as a negative number, which causes a connection attempt to that port and all ports below 1024, and (2) in 2.21.00, a port number of 1024

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wrshdsp.exe in Denicomp Winsock RSHD/NT 2.21.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) in 2.20.00 and earlier, an invalid port number such as a negative number, which causes a connection attempt to that port and all ports below 1024, and (2) in 2.21.00, a port number of 1024

Published Mar 15, 2002

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.50%

Description

wrshdsp.exe in Denicomp Winsock RSHD/NT 2.21.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) in 2.20.00 and earlier, an invalid port number such as a negative number, which causes a connection attempt to that port and all ports below 1024, and (2) in 2.21.00, a port number of 1024.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.50% 0.03501

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

EPSS probability 0.03501

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	3.50% (0.03501)	88.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.50% (0.03501)	87.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 19, 2025	19.48% (0.19476)	95.11th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	12.95% (0.12949)	93.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	16.17% (0.16168)	91.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	12.95% (0.12949)	93.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.89% (0.02894)	91.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 24, 2023	2.89% (0.02894)	89.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.67% (0.03672)	90.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.48% (0.04482)	88.77th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.48% (0.04482)	87.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.48% (0.04482)	71.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245405
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.denicomp.com/rshdnt.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7694.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244580
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3659
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245405		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.denicomp.com/rshdnt.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7694.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244580		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3659		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1184

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1184

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1184