CVE-2019-1206
HIGHWindows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 - Denial of Service via DHCP Failover Packet Handling
Title source: llmDescription
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP failover server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the DHCP service to become nonresponsive. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a DHCP server. However, the DHCP server must be set to failover mode for the attack to succeed. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP failover servers handle network packets.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1206
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0530
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_server_2012
microsoft/windows_server_2012
r2
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016
1803
microsoft/windows_server_2016
1903
microsoft/windows_server_2019
Published
Aug 14, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026