CVE-2002-0864

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Remote Data Protocol (RDP) version 5.1 in Microsoft Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when Remote Desktop is enabled via a PDU Confirm Active data packet that does not set the Pattern BLT command, aka "Denial of Service in Remote Desktop."

Affected products

Microsoft .Net Windows Server: beta3
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103235745116592&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103236181522253&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10120.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5713
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-051
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103235745116592&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103236181522253&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10120.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5713
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-051

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