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CVE-2015-6111

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · CWE-399
6.8CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

IPSec in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandles encryption negotiation, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted IP traffic, aka "Windows IPSec Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-120 ↗