CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5362
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4669.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/info Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/info Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry