CVE-2020-16927 HIGH

CVE-2020-16927: Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 10 Version 1803
Published October 16, 2020
Last update May 28, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

<p>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. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the RDP service on the target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 16, 2020 CVE published
May 28, 2026 Record updated