CVE-2024-38230
Published: 10 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38230 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-38230 is a denial-of-service flaw in the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, carrying a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5. It stems from improper input validation (CWE-20) and affects the service's availability when reached over the network.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue remotely by sending specially crafted requests that trigger a high-impact availability failure, leaving confidentiality and integrity untouched.
Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38230 supplies patch guidance and mitigation steps for supported Windows releases. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0713 with no material upward movement since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37196
Vulnerability details
Windows Standards-Based Storage Management 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
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.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.