CVE-2019-1223

High

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 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 RDP service on the target system to stop responding. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedAug 14, 2019
First seenAug 14, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_101803, 1809, 1903—
microsoft windows_server_20161803, 1903—
microsoft windows_server_2019No range specified—

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