CVE-2020-16894Improper Input Validation in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

Severity
7.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.1 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages5 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-c7jg-8cqr-88pq: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) fails to properly handle UDP traffic, aka 'Windows NAT Rem2022-05-24

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows NAT Denial of Service Vulnerability2020-10-13
CVE-2020-16894 — Improper Input Validation in Microsoft | cvebase