CVE-2018-0956
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys...
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP 2.0 requests, aka "HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP 2.0 requests, aka "HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
- Record
CVE-2018-0956- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP 2.0 requests, aka "HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
- Record
CVE-2018-0956- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-1735 No score
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP 2.0 requests, aka "HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
- Record
EUVD-2018-1735- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2h3-89xx-5947
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys...
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP 2.0 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) when HTTP.sys improperly parses specially crafted HTTP 2.0 requests, aka "HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
- Record
GHSA-g2h3-89xx-5947- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-0956 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microsoft Windows 10, published April 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.