CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-0253

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-02-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-02-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1 does not properly determine TCP connection states, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ASP.NET daemon hang) via crafted HTTP requests that trigger persistent resource consumption for a (1) stale or (2) closed connection, as exploited in the wild in February 2014, aka "POST Request DoS Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft .net framework 1.1 • microsoft .net framework 2.0 • microsoft .net framework 3.5 • microsoft .net framework 3.5.1 • microsoft .net framework 4.0 • microsoft .net framework 4.5 • microsoft .net framework 4.5.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References