CVE-2024-38150
Published: 13 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38150 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-38150 is an elevation of privilege flaw in the Windows DWM Core Library, carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and linked to CWE-416. It affects the Desktop Window Manager component responsible for compositing and rendering on supported Windows systems.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue without user interaction to obtain full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system, resulting in privilege escalation from a standard user context to higher rights.
Microsoft publishes mitigation details and patch availability for this vulnerability through its Security Response Center at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38150. The associated EPSS score has remained low, with a current value of 0.0681 and a peak of 0.0745.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37123
Vulnerability details
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.