A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the client machine. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses.
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Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the client machine. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows DHCP client when an attacker sends specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the client machine. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send specially crafted DHCP responses to a client. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DHCP clients handle certain DHCP responses.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2019-08-14T20:55:02.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:58:59.066Z

Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-0736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-14T21:15:13.097

Modified: 2026-02-20T19:19:16.333

Link: CVE-2019-0736

cve-icon Redhat

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