CVE-2001-0876
Buffer overflow in Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a NOTIFY directive with a long Location URL.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a NOTIFY directive with a long Location URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 49.48% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 December 2001
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 49.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100887440810532&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=100887271006313&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-37.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-030.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/951555US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3723Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-059
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7721
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100887440810532&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=100887271006313&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-37.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-030.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/951555US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3723Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-059
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7721
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.