CVE-2024-38126
Published: 13 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38126 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-38126 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-476. The flaw allows an unauthenticated network attacker to trigger a crash or resource exhaustion that renders the affected NAT functionality unavailable.
An attacker with no credentials or user interaction can send specially crafted network traffic to a Windows system performing NAT, resulting in loss of availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected. The attack vector is rated as network-reachable with low complexity.
Microsoft’s advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38126 addresses the issue and supplies the corresponding security update. The EPSS score remains flat at 0.1228 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37087
Vulnerability details
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) 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.