Microsoft Surface Surface RT End of Life Date
Microsoft Surface Surface RT end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation.
Microsoft Surface rt was released on October 26, 2012 and support ended on April 11, 2017 — a supported lifespan of 4 years and 6 months, shorter than the 6 years median for Microsoft Surface releases. It has been without security patches for 9 years and 4 months. 47 newer Microsoft Surface releases have shipped since.
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Compare Options →| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| → Surface RT | — | Apr 11, 2017 | EOL |
| Surface Pro | — | Apr 11, 2017 | EOL |
| Surface Pro 2 | — | Apr 10, 2018 | EOL |
| Surface 2 | — | Apr 10, 2018 | EOL |
| Surface Pro 3 | — | Nov 13, 2021 | EOL |
| Surface 3 | — | Nov 13, 2021 | EOL |
| Surface Hub 84 | — | Nov 30, 2022 | EOL |
| Surface Hub 55 | — | Nov 30, 2022 | EOL |
What does Microsoft Surface Surface RT end of life mean?
When Microsoft Surface Surface RT reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Running Microsoft Surface Surface RT past its EOL date creates a permanently growing attack surface that standard security tooling will not surface.
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