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CVE-2020-1228

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.50% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-09-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-1228
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.50%
Windows

Original NVD Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>