Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-26195

High

Published: 09 April 2024

Published
09 April 2024
Modified
08 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0641 91.2th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-26195 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (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

The vulnerability CVE-2024-26195 is a DHCP Server Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability affecting the DHCP Server Service. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 and is associated with CWE-122.

An attacker with high privileges can exploit the flaw remotely over a network with low attack complexity and without user interaction, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.

Microsoft Security Response Center advisories for this CVE direct administrators to apply the patches referenced in the update guide.

The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak and current value of 0.0641 since disclosure, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

DHCP Server Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2008
r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.6897
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.5696
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2402
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.830

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References