CVE-2011-1872

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Published Jun 16, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 4.7 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) via malformed machine instructions in a VMBus packet, aka "VMBus Persistent DoS Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:::x64:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::x64:::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1870	Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) via malformed machine instructions in a VMBus packet, aka "VMBus Persistent DoS Vulnerability."

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.6% (2.644% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48179
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025644
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-047
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12650

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Jun 16, 2011, 8:21 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:46 PM
Reserved: May 4, 2011, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:30 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 16, 2011, 8:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:30 PM

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