CVE-2020-1108
.NET Core & .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 93rd percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Core or .NET Framework web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET Core or .NET Framework application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET Core or .NET Framework web application handles web requests.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
6.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 93rd percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
10 events over 2282 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- EPSS band changemoderate → lowepss band change
- Patch availablerecord updated
- OpenVAS check added
- EPSS band changelow → moderate
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- .netOSS Libraries / generic-library
- .NET CoreOSS Libraries / generic-library
- .net frameworkOSS Libraries / generic-library
- visual studio 2017DevTools & CI / ide-editor
- visual studio 2019Operating Systems
- PowerShellOperating Systems / windows
- PowerShell CoreOperating Systems / windows
- .NET 5.0Operating Systems / windows
- Microsoft.NETCore.AppOSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-armOSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64OSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64OSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64OSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64OSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64OSS Libraries
- Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.rhel.6-x64OSS Libraries
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 7.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1108
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1108
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1108
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