CVE-2024-38044
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 r2
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-38044 is a high-severity Numeric Truncation Error (CWE-197) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 20% 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 SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — 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.
CVE-2024-38044 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the DHCP Server Service. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 with the vector string AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and is associated with CWE-197 and CWE-681. The flaw was publicly disclosed on 9 July 2024.
An attacker with high privileges on an affected DHCP server can exploit the issue over the network to execute arbitrary code, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
Microsoft has published remediation guidance for the vulnerability at the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory page referenced in the CVE record.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values after disclosure to a recorded peak of 0.0650 on 11 December 2025 before receding to the current level of 0.0476, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest following publication.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37742
Vulnerability Data
DHCP Server Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover truncation errors through static analysis, dynamic testing, or code review.
Documented development standards and tools can mandate use of safe arithmetic libraries or explicit checks against truncation.
Engineering principles can require safe type conversions and avoidance of narrowing casts that cause truncation.
Input validation directly stops malformed or out-of-range numeric values from reaching conversion logic.
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 truncation errors via reviews, static analysis, and safe type handling.
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 truncation bugs through static analysis and fuzzing.
Secure development lifecycle mandates practices that can catch numeric truncation during design and code review.
Application security requirements can specify safe numeric handling and data-type constraints.
Secure architecture principles include choosing appropriate data types and avoiding unsafe casts.
Secure coding standards directly prohibit unsafe narrowing conversions and truncation.