CVE-2019-0701 Denial of service in Windows

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A privileged user in a guest OS can cause a denial of service on the Microsoft Hyper-V host server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-0701?

CVE-2019-0701 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 8 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka 'Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0690, CVE-2019-0695.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0701?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0701?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0701 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-2019-0701 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0701 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f7f3-v225-hmxj.

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