CVE-2000-0849: Microsoft Windows Media Services

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Media server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the Windows Media Unicast Service via a malformed request, aka the "Unicast Service Race Condition" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Media Services: version 4.0 only; version 4.1 only

Published 2000-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.