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
Published Jun 1, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.88%
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.
Affected products
No data.
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.88% (0.06879) | 93.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.88% (0.06879) | 93.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.08% (0.13081) | 93.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 16.79% (0.16785) | 94.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 20.76% (0.20762) | 92.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 16.79% (0.16785) | 94.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.08% (0.13081) | 93.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.72% (0.02719) | 90.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00491) | 76.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00508) | 75.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00508) | 73.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 70.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.12% (0.06118) | 90.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.12% (0.06118) | 89.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.12% (0.06118) | 77.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/13020 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/13020 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch |
Change history (0)
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