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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2020-16927

Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 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 RDP 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 Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

  • 10.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows 8.1

  • 6.3.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

  • 6.3.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

  • 6.3.0 to < publicationaffected

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