Out-of-bounds memory access in Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2017-0076

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0076

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS17-008