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CVE-2011-1872

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Description

Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) via malformed machine instructions in a VMBus packet, aka "VMBus Persistent DoS Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12650

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1870

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-047

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025644

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48179

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-06-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03131

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