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CVE-2020-16899 A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement…

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Windows 10 Version 1803 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server 2019 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1909 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1709 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows 10 Version 2004 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
Windows Server version 2004 10.0 10.0.0 → latest No fix stated
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