CVE-2011-1970: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly initialize memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a query for a nonexistent domain, aka "DNS Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; version r2 only

Published 2011-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.