What is CVE-2012-5362?

CVE-2012-5362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2012-5362?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Windows 7

CVE-2012-5362

The IPv6 implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4669.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.145 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5362?: CVE-2012-5362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2012-5362?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.