Description
<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows NAT accesses the host.</p>
Published: 2020-10-16
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8852 <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows NAT accesses the host.</p>
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows NAT accesses the host.</p> <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server to crash.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application that causes a host machine to crash.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows NAT accesses the host.</p>

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02622}

epss

{'score': 0.02366}


Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 1607 Windows Server 2016
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-01T15:56:51.725Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16894

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.397Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:13.163

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:21:17.863

Link: CVE-2020-16894

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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