VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1792
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 6.88%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.88% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/13020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801Patch
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/13020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.