Description
Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by creating security contexts more quickly than they can be cleared from the RPC cache.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/13020
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mskb
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0688
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_xp
(4 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 01, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026