Overview
- Description
- A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a DHCP server. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP servers handle network packets.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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