CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1968
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 does not properly process packets in memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) by sending crafted RDP packets triggering access to an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, as exploited in the wild in 2011, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-065 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12806 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-065 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12806 oval.cisecurity.org