Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-1544
CVE-2003-1544
Description
Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:adv_srv:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:srv:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: < SP4
- Range: < 2000 SP4 / < XP??
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
9- secunia.com/advisories/7959nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3654nvd
- support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-usnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816nvd
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