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Windows 10 1607Operating system · Microsoft

CVE-2023-28298

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-04-11
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 10.0.14393.5850 / 10.0.17763.4252 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Windows Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Windows 10 1607Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.14393.5850
Windows 10 1809Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.17763.4252
Windows 10 20h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19042.2846
Windows 10 21h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19044.2846
Windows 10 22h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.19045.2846
Windows 11 21h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.22000.1817
Windows 11 22h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.22621.1555
Windows Server 2008Operating system
Affected:all versions= r2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 10.0.14393.5850 / 10.0.17763.4252 / 10.0.19042.2846 or later
Fixed in 10.0.14393.585010.0.17763.425210.0.19042.2846
Vendor patch msrc.microsoft.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Windows 10 1607: KB5023698 (build 10.0.14393.5850) | Windows 10 1809: KB5023778 (build 10.0.17763.4252) | Windows 10 20h2: KB5023696 (build 10.0.19042.2846) | Windows 10 21h2: KB5023697 (build 10.0.19044.2846) | Windows 10 22h2: KB5023695 (build 10.0.19045.2846) | Windows 11 21h2: KB5023698 (build 1

  1. Open Windows Update settings on the affected system (Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update)
  2. Click 'Check for updates' to download and install the latest security updates
  3. Alternatively, manually download and install the April 2023 security update (KB5023698 or subsequent relevant security update) from Microsoft Update Catalog
  4. For Windows Server 2008 R2: Since this version is end-of-life with no security updates available, migrate to a supported Windows Server version (2016, 2019, or 2022)
  5. Restart the system after applying updates
Caveat Windows Server 2008 R2 has reached end of support; no security patches available; migration to supported OS required

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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