Title: Microsoft Media Service DoS Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
Windows Media Encoder is part of Windows Media Services. It's purpose is to convert content into a suitable format for video or audio streaming through the Media Services.
If a specially malformed request is sent to the Windows Media Encoder it could cause the service to crash. The service would need to be restarted in order to regain normal functionality.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
- Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0
- Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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