SMBv2/SMBv3 Null Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2017-0016 · HIGH Severity

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

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."

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