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critical 10.0

CVE-2005-0551 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in WINSRV.DLL in the Client Server Runtime System (CSRSS) process of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP SP1 and…

published 2005-04-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0552

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.3%
EPSS 20.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in WINSRV.DLL in the Client Server Runtime System (CSRSS) process of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2003 allows local users to gain privileges via a specially-designed application that provides console window information with a long FaceName value.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1198)

Exploit prediction

20.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1198 Microsoft Windows - CSRSS Privilege Escalation (MS05-018) local, 2005-09-06

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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