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CVE-2017-0179
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V running on a Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows…
Medium5.8EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V running on a Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows Server 2016 host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0178, CVE-2017-0182, CVE-2017-0183, CVE-2017-0184, CVE-2017-0185, and CVE-2017-0186.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
- Denial of Service
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Windows Hyper-V
- affected Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
References (2)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .