Input validation error in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2023-38171

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Input validation error in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2023-38171

Published: October 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81825
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38171
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 input in Microsoft QUIC. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38171

Install updates from vendor's website.

Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.11, 23.0.12

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