CVE-2005-1984: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 55.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the Print Spooler service (Spoolsv.exe) for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious message.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2005-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.