CVE-2015-0079 in the critical feed json
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 al…
published 2015-03-11 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-0117
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 16.2%
- EPSS 16.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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."
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
16.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
-
docs.microsoft.com
/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-030
vendor-advisory, patch
-
securitytracker.com
/id/1031892
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-0079
- NVD CVE-2015-0079
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.