CVE-2017-0191

Severity

35%

Complexity

68%

Confidentiality

48%

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the way that Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding, aka "Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability."

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the way that Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding, aka "Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 7 years ago

2017-04-12 14:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 10 1703

1703

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows RT 8.1

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

References

97466

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1038239

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0191

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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