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CVE-2005-1218

52
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1218 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows kernel affecting Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash affected systems by sending specially crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, specifically an ExploitDB entry for Windows XP SP2, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1143 · Aug 9, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5734 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-041
security-protocols.com / modules.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100092
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A180
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A346
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A376
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A609
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A618
immunitysec.com / pipermail/dailydave/2005-July/002188.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/490628
US Government Resource
microsoft.com / technet/security/advisory/904797.mspx
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/14259
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-221A.html
PatchUS Government Resource