.NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
Released: Feb 9, 2021
Last updated: Feb 16, 2021
- Assigning CNA
- Microsoft
- CVE.org link
- CVE-2021-24111
- Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Metrics
- CVSS:3.1 7.5 / 6.5Base score metrics: 7.5 / Temporal score metrics: 6.5
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Exploit Code Maturity
Unproven
Remediation Level
Official Fix
Report Confidence
Confirmed
Please see Common Vulnerability Scoring System for more information on the definition of these metrics.
Exploitability
The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploited
- No
- Exploitability assessment
- Exploitation Less Likely
FAQ
I am running Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 and I cannot install the Security Only updates for any of the 4.X versions of Microsoft .NET Framework. How do I protect my system from this vulnerability?
There is a known issue with the Monthly Rollup and Security Only updates for the 4.X versions of .NET Framework installed on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
If you are unable to install a Monthly Rollup Security Only update, a version 2 is available that addresses the known issue. See the How to obtain and install the update section of the Article for the update you are attempting to install.
If you are unable to install a Security Only update Monthly Rollup, for a workaround to this known issue see the Known issues in this update section of the Article for the update you are attempting to install.
Acknowledgements
Security Updates
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
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Disclaimer
Revisions
Corrected Download and Article links for affected versions of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 installed on Windows Server 2012 in the Security Updates table. This is an informational change only.
Information published.