CVE-2011-1968 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2. Attackers can trigger a system reboot by sending specially crafted RDP packets that exploit improper memory handling, specifically accessing uninitialized or deleted objects. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a high severity with network-based attacks and medium complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. While exploited in the wild in 2011, there are no publicly available Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.