cve-2020-16898
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 22:17
Modified
2024-08-04 13:45
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
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 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.0   < publication
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 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
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    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems Version: 10.0.0   < publication
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 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
 Create a notification for this product.
   Microsoft Windows Server version 2004 Version: 10.0.0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Create a notification for this product.
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