CVE-2018-0967 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Windows by sending malformed SNMP traps to the Windows SNMP Service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-0967?

CVE-2018-0967 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the way that Windows SNMP Service handles malformed SNMP traps, aka "Windows SNMP Service Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0967?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0967 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-2018-0967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-842r-jxj9-99xj.

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