CVE DATABASE / CVE-2009-1928
CVE-2009-1928
CVSS 7.8 · HIGH
Summary
Stack consumption vulnerability in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a malformed (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS request, aka "LSASS Recursive Stack Overflow Vulnerability."
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | COMPLETE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Microsoft windows 2000Microsoft windows 2003 serverMicrosoft windows server 2008Microsoft windows vistaMicrosoft windows xp
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References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-066
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5890
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.