CVE-2024-38071
Published: 09 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38071 is a high-severity Buffer Over-read (CWE-126) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-38071 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-126. The flaw permits an unauthenticated network attacker to disrupt service availability without any user interaction or privileges.
An attacker can send specially crafted requests over the network to trigger the condition, resulting in high impact to availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected. No authentication or user interaction is required, making remote exploitation feasible from anywhere with network reachability to an exposed licensing service.
Microsoft has published guidance for the issue at the MSRC update guide. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.5016 on 2026-01-13 before receding to the current value of 0.2707, indicating a clear post-disclosure increase in observed exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37766
Vulnerability details
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service 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.