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.
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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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9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (15)
Affected Vendors
63
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
13/34 · Low
Exposure
18/34 · Moderate