Denial Of Service (DoS)

2024-03-1407:36:39

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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microsoft

quic

denial of service

vulnerability

memory consumption

.net

web servers

windows

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%

JSON

Microsoft QUIC is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS). The vulnerability is caused by holding onto failed connections, leading to continuous memory consumption until exhaustion, resulting in Denial of Service. Note that this vulnerability is not exploitable on .NET-based web servers running on Windows.