VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-0050

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability17.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS authentication outage) via crafted requests, aka "Network Policy Server RADIUS Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references