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CVE-2020-16899

high · 7.5

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>

7.5
CVSS
13.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2020-10-16
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftwindows_101709
microsoftwindows_101803
microsoftwindows_101809
microsoftwindows_101903
microsoftwindows_101909
microsoftwindows_102004
microsoftwindows_server_20161903
microsoftwindows_server_20161909
microsoftwindows_server_20162004
microsoftwindows_server_2019all versions

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References

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