CVE-2023-21538 (GCVE-0-2023-21538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-01 00:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-16 22:02 UTC
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | .NET 6.0 |
Affected:
6.0.0 , < 6.0.13
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Microsoft | PowerShell 7.2 |
Affected:
7.2.0 , < 7.2.9
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-01-10 08:00
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