CVE-2018-8517 Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Framework

What is CVE-2018-8517?

CVE-2018-8517 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 12 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework improperly handles special web requests, aka ".NET Framework Denial Of Service Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8517?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft .Net Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8517 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-2018-8517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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