CVE-2015-1672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursion and performance degradation) via crafted encrypted data in an XML document, aka ".NET XML Decryption Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-05-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 16.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.5.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16216.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74482
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032297
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-048

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft .net Framework

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2015-05-13T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:17.765Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1672

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-13T10:59:04.957

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1672

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-310

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