CVE-2020-1228
high-risk
Published 2020-09-11
<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>
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14.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% 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 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (9)
Affected Vendors
53
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
12/34 · Low
Exposure
15/34 · Moderate