CVE-2024-38132
Published: 13 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38132 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-38132 is a denial of service issue affecting the Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-125, an out-of-bounds read condition that leads to high impact on availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction or privileges required, resulting in a denial of service that disrupts NAT functionality.
Microsoft has published an advisory for the issue at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38132. The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1117 with no material rise observed.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37092
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.