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CVE-2005-1980

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service hang) via a crafted Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) message that causes DTC to repeatedly connect to a target IP and port number after an error occurs, aka the "Distributed TIP Vulnerability."

Published: Oct 12, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (9)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2003_server 64-bit
microsoft windows_2003_server itanium
microsoft windows_2003_server r2
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *
microsoft windows_xp *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-7rfv-x23q-gmxq

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 5.0 / 10
EPSS Score 33.33%

Top 2% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 30 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub