CVE-2008-6194

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491815/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491831/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491815/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491831/100/0/threaded

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