{"id":"CVE-2014-0254","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-0254","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:17:08.949Z","title":"The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly validate packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka \"TCP/IP…","description":"The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly validate packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka \"TCP/IP Version 6 (IPv6) Denial of Service Vulnerability.\"","published":"2014-02-12T04:50:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:02:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 8","microsoft/windows rt","microsoft/windows server 2012"],"epss":{"score":0.32685,"percentile":0.9835,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/103159","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56775","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65409","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029747","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-006","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90755","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/103159","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56775","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65409","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029747","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-006","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90755","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0254","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}