Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-43552

High

Published: 08 October 2024

Published
08 October 2024
Modified
17 October 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0134 80.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-43552 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 22H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4317
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4317
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2033
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1189

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-416

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

References