CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-0833

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 15, 2018 | Modified: Mar 13, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Microsoft Server Message Block 2.0 and 3.0 (SMBv2/SMBv3) client in Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 allows a denial of service vulnerability due to how specially crafted requests are handled, aka SMBv2/SMBv3 Null Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 (including) r2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References