CVE-2011-1968

EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Microsoft Windows XP SP2-SP3 & Windows Server 2003 SP2 - DoS

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2011-1968 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io).

Description

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 does not properly process packets in memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) by sending crafted RDP packets triggering access to an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, as exploited in the wild in 2011, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12806

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-065

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2571

EPSS Percentile 97.8%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2011-08-09

InTheWild.io 2019-02-26

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (3)

microsoft/windows_2003_server

microsoft/windows_server_2003

microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)

Published Aug 10, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026