CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-0254
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly validate packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka "TCP/IP Version 6 (IPv6) Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 8
• microsoft windows rt
• microsoft windows server 2012
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/103159 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56775 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65409 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029747 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-006 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90755 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/103159 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56775 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65409 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029747 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-006 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90755 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com