<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:41
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.590Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16899
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:13.697
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:21.073
Link: CVE-2020-16899
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