Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21443

High

Published: 12 March 2024

Published
12 March 2024
Modified
27 December 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 64.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21443 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Kernel 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 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 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.5576
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2340
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.763

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