CVE-2024-37340
Microsoft Sql Server 2017 14.0.1000.169 – 14.0.2060.1
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-37340 is a high-severity Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822) vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server 2017. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 26% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-37340. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 and is associated with CWE-822. It affects the native scoring feature within Microsoft SQL Server and was publicly disclosed on 10 September 2024.
An attacker with low-privileged network access and no user interaction can exploit the issue to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected server. The CVSS vector reflects remote attack feasibility over a network with low attack complexity against a single scope.
Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability in its Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37340. The EPSS score reached a modest peak of 0.0517 in December 2025 before receding to the current value of 0.0409, indicating limited post-disclosure exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-36941
Vulnerability Data
Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover instances where untrusted data is turned into a pointer and dereferenced.
Validating all information inputs stops untrusted values from being accepted and converted into dereferenceable pointers.
Memory-protection mechanisms limit the damage from an invalid pointer dereference without stopping the root coding flaw.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of untrusted pointer handling during development.
Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect adverse events resulting from exploitation of the weakness.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover instances of this weakness via code review or scanning.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect pointer-dereference flaws before release.
Secure development lifecycle includes pointer-safety practices that reduce untrusted pointer dereference risk.
Application security requirements can mandate validation of pointers obtained from untrusted sources.
Secure architecture principles discourage direct use of untrusted values as pointers.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid dereferencing pointers derived from untrusted input.