CVE-2001-0083: Microsoft Windows Media Services

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 17.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Media Unicast Service in Windows Media Services 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly shut down some types of connections, producing a memory leak that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of severed connections, aka the "Severed Windows Media Server Connection" vulnerability.

Affected products

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

Published 2001-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.