CVE-2024-21407
Published: 12 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-21407 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Windows Hyper-V contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21407 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1. The flaw is associated with CWE-416 and affects the Hyper-V hypervisor component in supported Windows systems.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction, although successful exploitation requires high attack complexity. Successful attacks grant the ability to execute arbitrary code with impacts reaching high severity for confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected host.
Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability in its security update catalog at the referenced MSRC pages, directing administrators to apply the corresponding patches. The associated EPSS score has remained low, moving only from 0.0634 to a peak of 0.0650.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19117
Vulnerability details
Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.