⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.
CVE-2014-0253 — Improper Input Validation in Microsoft NET Framework
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
22.4%
top 4.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateMay 14
Description
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1 does not properly determine TCP connection states, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ASP.NET daemon hang) via crafted HTTP requests that trigger persistent resource consumption for a (1) stale or (2) closed connection, as exploited in the wild in February 2014, aka "POST Request DoS Vulnerability."
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9