Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 1, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1792
CVE-2005-1792
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.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:home:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- support.microsoft.com/kb/890196nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801nvdPatch
- www.osvdb.org/13020nvd
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