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CVE-2020-16863

<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>

  • Published: Oct 16, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-16863
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
microsoft / windows_server_2008 r2-sp1 r2-sp1.x
microsoft / windows_7 --sp1 --sp1.x