CVE-2020-1108

.NET Core & .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: May 21, 2020Updated: Aug 19, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo

7.5HIGH

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Core or .NET Framework web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET Core or .NET Framework application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET Core or .NET Framework web application handles web requests.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Microsoft Corp

commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation

.netLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

.NET CoreLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

.net frameworkLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

visual studio 2017On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

visual studio 2019On-premDesktop App

Operating Systems

PowerShellOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

PowerShell CoreOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

.NET 5.0On-prem

Operating Systems / windows

NuGet

package-ecosystem

Microsoft.NETCore.App

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-arm64

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-arm64

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-musl-x64

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.osx-x64

OSS Libraries

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.rhel.6-x64

OSS Libraries

АО «ИВК»

commercial·RUaka ivk

Альт 8 СПOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1108

msrc.microsoft.com

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1108

portal.msrc.microsoft.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1108

nvd.nist.gov

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