CVE-2024-20699

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 9, 2024
Updated: Jun 11, 2024
CWE ID 755

Summary

CVE-2024-20699 is a newly disclosed Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Hyper-V component in Windows. By sending specially crafted packets to a Hyper-V server, an attacker can cause the virtual machine to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a DoS condition. This issue can potentially impact the availability of critical systems and applications running on the affected Hyper-V server. It is recommended that affected organizations apply the forthcoming Microsoft patch to mitigate this vulnerability. Until then, implementing network protection measures to block the malicious packets is advised.

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Affected Products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1809
  • Windows 11 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 22h2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 22h2

Affected Vendors

  • Microsoft

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