CVE-2009-1133

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (formerly Terminal Services Client) running RDP 5.0 through 6.1 on Windows, and Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified parameters, aka "Remote Desktop Connection Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server: 2003-sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36229
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022709
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2238
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5693
http://secunia.com/advisories/36229
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022709
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2238
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5693

Get alerted when CVE-2009-1133 or the next vulnerability affects your stack