CVE-2014-0254

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

12/02/2014

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly validate packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka "TCP/IP Version 6 (IPv6) Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:-:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:-:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:-:x64:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:-:-:x86:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*

CVE-2014-0254

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools