Out-of-bounds memory access in Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2017-0051

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Out-of-bounds memory access in Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2017-0051

Published: March 14, 2017 / Updated: March 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6032
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0051
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Windows
Windows Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker with privileged access to guest operating system to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds memory access in Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch. An attacker with privileged access to guest operating system can use a specially crafted application to trigger out-of-bounds memory access and cause the host machine to crash.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result denial of service attack again the host system.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-0051

Install updates from vendor's website.


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