CVE-2000-0459

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-04-22 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0459, 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

IMP does not remove files properly if the MSWordView application quits, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by filling up the disk space by requesting a large number of documents and prematurely stopping the request.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0459

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