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CVE-2017-0178

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V running on Windows 10, Windows 10 1511, Windows 10 1607, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016 host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0179, CVE-2017-0182, CVE-2017-0183, CVE-2017-0184, CVE-2017-0185, and CVE-2017-0186.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 1511, 1607
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97416
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0178
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97416
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0178

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