CVE-2019-0720
Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 8.0
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.84 % · percentile 90 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application on a guest operating system that could cause the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Hyper-V Network Switch validates guest operating system network traffic.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.7 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-1480
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-0720
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-397 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
References
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |