CVE-2015-6111

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Published 2015-11-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

IPSec in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandles encryption negotiation, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted IP traffic, aka "Windows IPSec Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
r2	Affected	—
-	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.