VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0976

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 4.67%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka "Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 4.67% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 4.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103651Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0976Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103651Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0976Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.