CVE-2020-16927
Published: Oct 16, 2020
Modified: May 28, 2026
CVSS v3.1
7.5
Description
<p>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.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1803 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1909 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 2004 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server version 2004 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1507 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) | affected 10.0.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | affected 6.3.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 | affected 6.3.0 - < publication |
Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) | affected 6.3.0 - < publication |
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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