Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-37339

High

Published: 10 September 2024

Published
10 September 2024
Modified
23 September 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0409 88.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-37339 is a high-severity Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822) vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server 2017. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 11.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring is affected by CVE-2024-37339, a remote code execution vulnerability disclosed on 2024-09-10. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and is associated with CWE-822, indicating an issue that permits unauthorized code execution within the native scoring component of the database engine.

An attacker with low-privileged network access and no user interaction required can exploit the vulnerability to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected SQL Server instance. The attack vector is rated as network-accessible with low complexity, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code under the context of the scoring process.

Microsoft has published guidance for the issue at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37339. The associated EPSS score reached a modest peak of 0.0517 on 2025-12-11 before receding to its current value of 0.0409, remaining at low absolute levels throughout.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring 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
sql 2016 azure connect feature pack
13.0.7000.253 — 13.0.7037.1
microsoft
sql server 2016
13.0.6300.2 — 13.0.6441.1
microsoft
sql server 2017
14.0.1000.169 — 14.0.2060.1 · 14.0.3006.16 — 14.0.3475.1
microsoft
sql server 2019
15.0.2000.5 — 15.0.2120.1 · 15.0.4003.23 — 15.0.4390.2
microsoft
sql server 2022
16.0.1000.6 — 16.0.1125.1 · 16.0.4003.1 — 16.0.4140.3

Mitigating Controls

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

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