CVE-2009-1928
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 30.0% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1923)
- Published
- November 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1923 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
11 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1003 - historical
- Windows XP Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 989 - historical
- Windows XP Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 990 - historical
- Windows Vista Boot Manager (bootmgr) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 978 - historical
See all 11 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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