CVE-2019-0718 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-0718: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 10 Version 1703
Published August 14, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how virtual machines access the Hyper-V Network Switch.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 14, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated