CVE-2024-37340
Published: 10 September 2024
Summary
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, 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 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 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
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.