PT-2021-5079 · Microsoft · Windows Hyper-V+1

Published 2021-11-09 · Updated 2023-12-28 · CVE-2021-42284

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Hyper-V (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue exists due to insufficient input validation in the Windows Hyper-V component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted input to the application.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-05859

CVE-2021-42284

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Hyper-V

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42284 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42284 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-42284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05859 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021110915 · Note