Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU20274

Input validation error in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2019-0715

Published: August 14, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20274

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0715

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server does not properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result denial of service (DoS) attack against the host system.

Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2019-0715

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0715

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