CVE-2019-1310 Denial of service in Windows

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A privileged guest user can cause a denial of service on the host server via improper input validation in the Hyper-V Network Switch.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-1310?

CVE-2019-1310 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Nov 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch 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-2019-0712, CVE-2019-1309, CVE-2019-1399.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1310?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2019-1310?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1310 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-2019-1310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rjvq-8jhg-x247.

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