CVE-2023-38178
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle the execution of certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution. Benoit Foucher discovered that .NET did not properly implement the QUIC stream limit in HTTP/3. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle the disconnection of potentially malicious clients interfacing with a Kestrel server. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
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Scope
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Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-07-12 CVE Reserved
- 2023-08-08 CVE Published
- 2025-01-01 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (1)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38178 | 2024-05-29 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | .net Search vendor "Microsoft" for product ".net" | 6.0.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product ".net" and version "6.0.0" | - |
Affected
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Visual Studio 2022 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Studio 2022" | >= 17.2.0 < 17.2.18 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Studio 2022" and version " >= 17.2.0 < 17.2.18" | - |
Affected
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Visual Studio 2022 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Studio 2022" | >= 17.4.0 < 17.4.10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Studio 2022" and version " >= 17.4.0 < 17.4.10" | - |
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