denial of service

  1. CVE-2025-59502 Windows RPC DoS: Mitigation and Patch Guidance

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-59502, a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Denial of Service vulnerability that can allow an unauthenticated or low‑privilege actor to exhaust resources in Windows’ RPC stack and render services unavailable across a network. Background / Overview...
  2. CVE-2025-59259 DoS in Windows LSM: Authorized Network Denial of Service

    Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-59259 to a newly disclosed denial-of-service flaw in the Windows Local Session Manager (LSM) that allows an authorized attacker to crash or otherwise deny service over a network; the issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) and was posted to...
  3. WeOS 5 ESP Vulnerability CVE-2025-46419 - Patch to 5.24.0

    Westermo’s industrial networking OS, WeOS 5, contains a remote-denial vulnerability that can trigger an immediate reboot when the device is configured for IPsec and sent a carefully crafted Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packet — an issue tracked as CVE‑2025‑46419 and documented by both...
  4. Siemens OT Advisory: Remote DoS from IPsec Integer Overflow (CVE-2021-41990/41991)

    Siemens ProductCERT and CISA republished an advisory detailing remote integer‑overflow vulnerabilities that affect a broad set of Siemens networking and communication modules — SIMATIC NET CP, SINEMA Remote Connect Server, and many SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM devices — and operators must treat the...
  5. Siemens SSA-712929 and CVE-2022-0778: OpenSSL DoS in Industrial Devices

    Siemens’ sprawling product portfolio remains at the center of a major, ongoing industrial‑security effort after a broad advisory—originally published by Siemens ProductCERT and republished by U.S. cyber authorities—relisted scores of SCALANCE, RUGGEDCOM, SIMATIC, SIMOTION, SIPLUS and related...
  6. CVE-2025-21207 Cdpsvc DoS: What Admins Must Do Now

    CVE-2025-54114 (Cdpsvc) — What you need to know now Author: Senior Security Writer, WindowsForum.com Date: September 9, 2025 TL;DR — There’s confusion about the CVE number you provided. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for the Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) DoS is widely...
  7. HTTP.sys DoS Risk and Mitigations (CVE-2025-53805)

    Microsoft’s advisory for a newly referenced HTTP.sys vulnerability describes an out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows HTTP protocol stack that can be triggered remotely against Internet Information Services (IIS) and other HTTP.sys consumers, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a...
  8. CISA: 3 Urgent ICS/Medical Advisories (MELSEC iQ-F, Mitsubishi AC, Synapse Mobility)

    CISA’s August 21, 2025 advisory bundle added three urgent entries to the growing list of industrial control system (ICS) and medical-device vulnerabilities security teams must treat as high priority this month. The agency published advisories for a denial-of-service vector in the Mitsubishi...
  9. India CERT-In Warns of High-Risk Microsoft Flaws; Patch Windows, Office, Azure Now

    The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on 18 August 2025 issued a high‑risk advisory warning that multiple critical vulnerabilities across Microsoft’s product portfolio place millions of Windows and Office users in India — from home desktops to enterprise Azure deployments — at...
  10. Patch CVE-2025-53722: Mitigate Windows RDS DoS with August 2025 Updates

    Microsoft released emergency updates on August 12, 2025 to fix a high-severity flaw in Windows Remote Desktop Services that allows unauthenticated, network-based denial-of-service attacks against a wide range of Windows servers and desktops, tracked as CVE-2025-53722. Background Remote Desktop...
  11. Siemens BFCClient OpenSSL Flaws: Patch to V2.17 or Mitigate Now

    Siemens’ Brownfield Connectivity Client (BFCClient) is the subject of a freshly republished advisory that bundles multiple OpenSSL-related flaws into a single operational risk for industrial environments—vulnerabilities that can be remotely triggered, permit memory disclosure or application...
  12. Rockwell 1756 EN Modules DoS Flaw - Patch to 7.001 (CVE-2025-8007/8008)

    Rockwell Automation has issued—and CISA has republished—an advisory warning that specific 1756-series communication modules can enter a Major Non‑Recoverable fault or crash when presented with malformed or concurrent Forward Close messages, creating a practical denial‑of‑service risk for...
  13. Siemens RTLS Locating Manager: Patch to v3.3 to fix CVE-2025 flaws

    Siemens’ SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager — the Windows-based server component that fuses UWB tag data into real-time location feeds — was the subject of a fresh security republishing on August 12–14, 2025 that calls out multiple mid-to-high severity flaws, including two newly tracked CVEs...
  14. CVE-2025-53722: Mitigating Windows RDS DoS via Unrestricted Resources

    Microsoft’s advisory lists CVE-2025-53722 as a denial-of-service flaw in Windows Remote Desktop Services caused by uncontrolled resource consumption, allowing an attacker who can send requests over the network to exhaust resources and render RDS unavailable. Background Remote Desktop Services...
  15. CVE-2025-50172 DirectX Kernel DoS: Unbounded Resource Allocation

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50172: a vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that permits authorized attackers to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by allocating graphics resources without limits or throttling, potentially disrupting hosts and virtualized workloads that...
  16. CVE-2025-47999: Hyper-V DoS Patch Guidance for Adjacent Attacks

    Microsoft’s advisory language and third‑party tracking show that the widely reported Hyper‑V flaw you referenced is cataloged as CVE‑2025‑47999, not CVE‑2025‑49751 — the difference appears to be a typo — and it describes a missing synchronization bug in Windows Hyper‑V that can be weaponized by...
  17. CVE-2025-49686 Windows Zero-Day: Critical Patch & Security Insights

    A zero-day vulnerability lurking within the deepest layers of the Windows operating system is the sort of nightmare scenario that keeps IT professionals and security researchers up at night. The recent patch for CVE-2025-49686—a critical flaw identified by Marat Gayanov of Positive Technologies’...
  18. Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 Vulnerability (CVE-2025-40593): Risks & Mitigation Strategies for ICS Security

    When assessing the cybersecurity landscape for industrial control systems (ICS), one of the most significant developments in recent months has centered on Siemens’ SIMATIC CN 4100 device. This network component, widely deployed across critical manufacturing sectors worldwide, has come under...
  19. CVE-2025-47999: Windows Hyper-V Vulnerability Causes Denial of Service

    CVE-2025-47999 describes a Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. The vulnerability arises from missing synchronization in Hyper-V, which allows an authorized attacker to cause a denial of service (crash or unavailability of service) over an adjacent network. This means that the...
  20. Windows Connected Devices Platform Service Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21207) Explained

    The Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) is integral to the Windows operating system, facilitating seamless communication and interaction between connected devices. This service underpins functionalities such as device pairing, file transfers, and the operation of companion...