CVE-2019-1213: Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a DHCP server. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP servers handle network packets.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified

Published 2019-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.