CVE-2001-0659: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2001-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.