CVE-2015-0079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2015-03-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 23.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22982.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031892
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-030

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2015-03-11T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:55:28.015Z

Reserved: 2014-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0079

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-11T10:59:08.920

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0079

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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