CVE-2020-1228

HIGH

Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 - Denial of Service via Malicious DNS Queries

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0450
EPSS Percentile 90.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (9)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 sp1
microsoft/windows_server_2012
microsoft/windows_server_2012 r2
microsoft/windows_server_2016
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1909
microsoft/windows_server_2016 2004
microsoft/windows_server_2019
Published Sep 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026