Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach network-exposed .NET service
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DeliverySend crafted malformed input
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ExploitOverflow fixed-size stack buffer
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ExecutionCorrupt stack and fault process
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ImpactService crashes (denial of service)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Stack buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no special conditions are required beyond network reachability - remote unauthenticated exploitation is possible against affected .NET and .NET Framework applications that process attacker-supplied input over the network. The concrete prerequisite is that a vulnerable .NET/.NET Framework runtime component (versions listed above) is exposed to attacker-controlled network input; the limiting factor is that the target application must actually invoke the vulnerable parsing code path on that input, and the impact is confined to denial of service (crash), with no data disclosure, code execution, or integrity loss. Non-network-facing or input-isolated .NET workloads are not realistically exploitable. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) reflects a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack whose entire severity comes from availability impact - this is a pure DoS, not an RCE, despite the buffer-overflow root cause. No EPSS score was provided, the vulnerability is not in CISA KEV, and no POC or exploit code is referenced, so real-world exploitation pressure is currently low and speculative rather than confirmed. The signals are internally consistent (no conflict between vector and description), and the primary risk driver is the extremely broad deployment footprint of .NET, which raises the aggregate exposure even though the per-target impact is limited to service disruption. Priority should be moderate-to-high for internet-facing .NET services that process untrusted input, and lower for isolated or non-network-exposed deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker sends a specially crafted network request or malformed input to an internet-exposed .NET or ASP.NET service, overflowing a fixed-size stack buffer during parsing and crashing the worker process. Repeating the request keeps the service offline, producing a denial of service against any consumers of that application. No public exploit code has been identified, and given AV:N/AC:L/PR:N the attack requires no authentication, no user interaction, and only low complexity. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 14, 2026
Denial of service in Microsoft .NET (versions 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0) and .NET Framework (3.5 through 4.8.1) allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash affected applications by triggering a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) over the network. The flaw impacts availability only - there is no confidentiality or integrity loss and no code execution per the CVSS vector (A:H, C:N, I:N). Microsoft has published an advisory with fixes; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the latest Microsoft security updates for the affected .NET runtime and .NET Framework versions as published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50527, and update Visual Studio 2022 (17.12/17.14) and Visual Studio 2026 (18.7) to the servicing releases that bundle the fixed components. Exact fixed build numbers are not enumerated in the provided data - consult the MSRC update guide entry for the specific patch level matching your installed version. Where immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by restricting network reachability of the affected .NET services (place them behind a WAF/reverse proxy or firewall to filter malformed requests), and validate or rate-limit untrusted input at the perimeter; note that a proxy may not fully block the malformed input if it forwards the triggering payload, and access restrictions can break legitimate remote clients.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 13 packages in nuget, euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in the managed runtime and class libraries shared across Microsoft's .NET platform (the modern cross-platform .NET 8/9/10 runtimes) and the legacy Windows-only .NET Framework (3.5, 4.6.2-4.8.1), and is also redistributed inside Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 (17.12/17.14) and Visual Studio 2026 (18.7). CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) indicates that attacker-controlled input reaches a fixed-size stack buffer without adequate bounds checking, corrupting the stack and causing an abnormal termination. Because .NET underpins web services (ASP.NET), desktop apps, and background services, any component that parses untrusted network input using the vulnerable code path can be forced to fault. The CPE set confirms the affected products are the Microsoft .NET runtimes/frameworks themselves rather than a single downstream application.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity DoS with availability-only impact; no confidentiality or integrity loss, matching the buffer-overflow-to-crash behavior.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
DescriptionCVE.org
Stack-based buffer overflow in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Executive ViewAI
A denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft .NET and .NET Framework (versions 3.5-10.0) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash applications without requiring administrative access. This impacts service availability across organizations relying on these runtimes and demands urgent patching to prevent operational disruptions.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
A stack-based buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer located on the stack than it was allocated to hold.
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SUSE
Severity: Important| Product | Status |
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| SUSE Liberty Linux 10 | Fixed |
| SUSE Liberty Linux 8 | Fixed |
| SUSE Liberty Linux 9 | Fixed |
EUVD-2026-44395
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