MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-0718

Windows 10 vulnerability

CVSS
5.8
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-08-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-0718

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 10 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-0718.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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