CVE-2018-0764 — Microsoft

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 5.7 and .NET Core 1.0. 1.1 and 2.0 allow a denial of service vulnerability due to the way XML documents are processed, aka ".NET and .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability"

01What is this vulnerability?

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 5.7 and .NET Core 1.0. 1.1 and 2.0 allow a denial of service vulnerability due to the way XML documents are processed, aka ".NET and .NET Core Denial Of Service Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0765.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft Corporation	.NET Framework and .NET Core	Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 5.7 and .NET Core 1.0. 1.1 and 2.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-01-10T01:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T02:16:15.781Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102387
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0764
• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0379
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040152