CVE-2019-0736
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (54)
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references (8)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0736cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0736cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/zh-CN/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0736cnnvd
- https://security.business.xerox.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cert_XRX19-029_FFPSv2_Win10_SecurityBulletin_Nov2019.pdfcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-vulnerabilities-of-August-2019-30038cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.4343/cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0736enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0736PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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