CVE-2019-0710: microsoft windows_10 Improper Input Validation

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-0710 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in microsoft windows_10. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-06-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 20-05-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by resolving a number of conditions where Hyper-V would fail to prevent a guest operating system from sending malicious requests.

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.