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CVE-2020-0993

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5
6.5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries, aka 'Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%

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

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

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

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0993 ↗