VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-6194
Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 11.4%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 11.44% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/windows
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.