CVE-2000-0403

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-05-25 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0403, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The CIFS Computer Browser service on Windows NT 4.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of host announcement requests to the master browse tables, aka the "HostAnnouncement Flooding" or "HostAnnouncement Frame" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0403

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P