CVE-2020-1161
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against an ASP.NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.
Published:May 12, 2020
Last Modified:Aug 19, 2026
EPS:May 21, 2020
EPSS Score:0.05701
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Asp.net Core
Microsoft
Asp.net Core
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft
Visual Studio 2017
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft
Visual Studio 2019
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Dotnet
Redhat
Rhel Dotnet
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
