Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-0751
CVE-2020-0751
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate specific malicious data from a user on a guest operating system.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.The security update addresses the vulnerability by resolving the conditions where Hyper-V would fail to handle these requests., aka 'Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0661.
Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)v5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0751nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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