CVE-2019-0736

high-risk
Published 2019-08-14

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the client machine. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses.

Do I need to act?

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16.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 83% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

63
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate