title: Windows Remote Desktop Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
description: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the Remote Desktop Service on the target system to stop responding.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Service.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Remote Desktop Service handles connection requests.</p>
problem types: Denial of Service
affected:
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 7
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
platforms: 32-bit Systems
versions:
version: 6.1.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 6.1.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_R2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 6.1.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
{
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
cpes: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_R2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
platforms: x64-based Systems
versions:
version: 6.0.0, lessThan: publication, versionType: custom, status: affected
}
metrics:
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
baseSeverity: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
]