CVE-2005-1218

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 57.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Microsoft Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: datacenter_64-bit-sp1, enterprise, enterprise-sp1, enterprise_64-bit, enterprise_64-bit-sp1, r2 (+6)
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112146383919436&w=2
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2783
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/490628
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/904797.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14259
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-041
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100092
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A180
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A346
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A376
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A609

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