CVE-2002-1214: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 50.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft PPTP Service on Windows XP and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain PPTP packet with malformed control data.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2002-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.