Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36912

High

Published: 08 August 2023

Published
08 August 2023
Modified
01 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0458 89.5th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36912 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 10.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Denial of Service Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10
≤ 10.0.10240.20107
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.6167
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.3324
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.3324
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2295 · ≤ 10.0.22000.2295
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.2134 · ≤ 10.0.22621.2134
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
all versions
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References