Advisory Details

June 16th, 2023

Microsoft Windows PGM Invalid Transmission Group Size Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

ZDI-23-887
ZDI-CAN-21089

CVE ID CVE-2023-29363
CVSS SCORE 5.3, AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Windows
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Pragmatic General Multicast protocol. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the Transmission Group Size field, which can result in corruption of an in-memory structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29363
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2023-06-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2023-06-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Yazhi Wang from Trend Micro Security
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