Description
<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>
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
E
Physical
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
- Microsoft / Windows 101709 – 1709
- Microsoft / Windows 101903 – 1903
- Microsoft / windows_10_1803
- Microsoft / windows_10_1803
- Microsoft / windows_10_1809
- Microsoft / windows_10_1809
- Microsoft / windows_10_1809
- Microsoft / windows_10_1909
- Microsoft / windows_10_1909
- Microsoft / windows_server_1903
- Microsoft / windows_server_1909
- Microsoft / windows_server_2004
- Microsoft / Windows Server 2019