Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38137

High

Published: 13 August 2024

Published
13 August 2024
Modified
16 August 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 41.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38137 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Resource Manager PSM Service Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.4780
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.4780
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.3147
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4037
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4037
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.1457
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2655
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1085

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-362

Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.

addresses: CWE-362

Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References