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CVE-2023-38171
published 2023-10-10

CVE-2023-38171: Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability

high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
69.49%
99.3th percentile
Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.2>= 17.2.0 < 17.2.2117.2.21
microsoftmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.4>= 17.4.0 < 17.4.1317.4.13
microsoftmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.6>= 17.6.0 < 17.6.917.6.9
microsoftmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.7>= 17.7.0 < 17.7.617.7.6
microsoftnet_7.0>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.137.0.13
microsoftpowershell_7.3>= 7.3.0 < 7.3.97.3.9
microsoftwindows_11_version_21h2>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.253810.0.22000.2538
microsoftwindows_11_version_22h2>= 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.242810.0.22621.2428
microsoftwindows_server_2022>= 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.203110.0.20348.2031
msrcmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.2
msrcmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.4
msrcmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.6
msrcmicrosoft_visual_studio_2022_version_17.7
msrcnet_7.0
msrcpowershell_7.3
msrcwindows_11_version_21h2_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_11_version_21h2_for_x64-based_systems
msrcwindows_11_version_22h2_for_arm64-based_systems
msrcwindows_11_version_22h2_for_x64-based_systems
msrcwindows_server_2022

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • The vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in MsQuic.dll (Windows only), affecting the QUIC protocol stack in .NET and Microsoft QUIC. Detection should focus on unexpected crashes or null dereference exceptions originating from MsQuic.dll.
  • This issue exclusively affects Windows systems; Linux-based systems running dotnet are not affected and do not require detection effort.
  • Microsoft rates exploitation as 'More Likely' for the latest software release, indicating active monitoring of QUIC traffic and MsQuic.dll crash telemetry is warranted.
  • ·The vulnerability is scoped exclusively to Windows; Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages (dotnet6.0, dotnet7.0, dotnet8.0) on RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 are all listed as Not Affected.
  • ·Further technical details are available in the GitHub Security Advisory for msquic, which may contain additional operational context not present in the sources provided.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
cvelistv57.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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