SB2012041001 - Denial of service in .NET Framework
Published: April 10, 2012 Updated: March 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012041001
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0164)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper comparison of the value of an index within a WPF application in .NET Framework. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and cause the application to stop responding until a manual restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.