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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8218: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8218: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/12/2018
Modified
09/03/2024

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 affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4284819

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