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
Published Feb 13, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 17.27%
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.
Affected products
No data.
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 17.27% (0.17270) | 97.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 17.27% (0.17270) | 96.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 30.18% (0.30177) | 96.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.26% (0.22257) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 30.18% (0.30177) | 96.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 37.30% (0.37301) | 96.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 3.05% (0.03047) | 91.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.76% (0.01758) | 88.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 1.07% (0.01074) | 83.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.99% (0.00993) | 81.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 96.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 95.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 93.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7959 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/7959 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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