CVE-2008-6194: Microsoft Windows

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 11.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows: any version

Published 2009-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.