Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21437

High

Published: 12 March 2024

Published
12 March 2024
Modified
27 December 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0301 86.9th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21437 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20526
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.6796 · ≤ 10.0.14393.6796
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.5576 · ≤ 10.0.17763.5576 · ≤ 10.0.17763.5576
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.4170
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.4170
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2836
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.3296
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.3296
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References