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CVE-2015-0079

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2…

High7.8EPSS 16.2%
Published
Updated
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microsoft

Description

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and RDP outage) by establishing many RDP sessions that do not properly free allocated memory, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2015-0079, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
16.2% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

Affected products

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References (2)

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