VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-0016

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability25.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Windows 8.1; Windows RT 8.1; Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 do not properly handle certain requests in SMBv2 and SMBv3 packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SMBv2 or SMBv3 packet to the Server service, aka "SMBv2/SMBv3 Null Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references