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CVE-2017-0179

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V running on a Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows Server 2016 host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0178, CVE-2017-0182, CVE-2017-0183, CVE-2017-0184, CVE-2017-0185, and CVE-2017-0186.

Published

2017-04-12T14:59:00.687

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	1511	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	1607	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_10	1703	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_8.1	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2012	*	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2012	r2	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_server_2016	*	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97426 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0179 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97426 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0179 Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)