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CVE-2020-16863

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Published: Oct 16, 2020Modified: Feb 23, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD (Secondary)

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the Remote Desktop Service on the target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Remote Desktop Service handles connection requests.</p>

Affected (2)

2 products
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions
Version r2 sp1

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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