CVE-2024-38257
Microsoft Windows 10 22H2 ≤ 10.0.19041.4894
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-38257 is a high-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 22H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked in the top 9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
The vulnerability CVE-2024-38257 is an information disclosure flaw in the Microsoft AllJoyn API, assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 under the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N and linked to CWE-908 for use of an uninitialized resource.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit the issue without user interaction to obtain sensitive information from affected systems.
Microsoft has published an advisory at msrc.microsoft.com detailing the vulnerability, while Talos Intelligence has released a report covering TALOS-2024-1980. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a recorded peak of 0.0542 that has since receded to the current value of 0.0433.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37222
Vulnerability Data
Microsoft AllJoyn API Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis) can find uses of uninitialized resources after they are coded.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate initialization checks and safe patterns that stop the weakness from being introduced.
Engineering principles can require explicit resource initialization before use, structurally avoiding uninitialized access.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC activities such as static analysis and code review directly prevent use of uninitialized resources while also addressing many other weaknesses.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development and acceptance can detect uninitialized resource usage through dynamic analysis and fuzzing.
Secure development life cycle mandates initialization checks and static analysis that can catch uninitialized resource use.
Application security requirements can specify mandatory initialization of variables and resources before use.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles include defensive coding practices that prevent use of uninitialized memory or objects.
Secure coding standards directly require explicit initialization of all variables and resources, substantially mitigating CWE-908.