Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU20280

Input validation error in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2019-1187

Published: August 14, 2019 / Updated: August 14, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20280

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1187

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the XmlLite runtime (XmlLite.dll). A remote attacker can issue a specially crafted request to an XML application and perform denial of service attack.

Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1187

Install updates from vendor's website.

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