MS15-042 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V Could Allow Denial of Service (3047234) - Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 14, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker runs a specially crafted application in a virtual machine (VM) session. Note that the denial of service does not allow an attacker to execute code or elevate user rights on other VMs running on the Hyper-V host; however, it could cause other VMs on the host to not be manageable in Virtual Machine Manager.

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