CVE-2012-5362 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Windows IPv6 implementation by flooding ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-5362?
CVE-2012-5362 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 20 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4669.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5362?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5362?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-5362 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5362 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7
- CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gc86-jvv7-54gh.