CVE-2017-0051 Denial of service in Hyper-V Network Switch
Remote attackers can cause an application hang in Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch via a crafted Office document, requiring a security patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-0051?
CVE-2017-0051 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 17 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch Denial of Service Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0074, CVE-2017-0076, CVE-2017-0097, CVE-2017-0098, and CVE-2017-0099.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0051?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016.
How do I fix CVE-2017-0051?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0051 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-2017-0051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vjcf-5gvp-6qm9.