CVE-2005-1792
Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2005-1792- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-1792- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-1794 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2005-1794- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vgrc-2r4p-pv57 No score
Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-vgrc-2r4p-pv57- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-1792 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Windows Xp, published June 1, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.88%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.