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CVE-2012-1850

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) implementation in the LanmanWorkstation service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle RAP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via crafted RAP packets, aka "Remote Administration Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• 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://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15669
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15669

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