CVE-2024-43562
Published: 08 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-43562 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-43562 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-125. The flaw was publicly disclosed on 8 October 2024.
An unauthenticated attacker can trigger the issue remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in a high impact on availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected.
Microsoft has published an advisory describing the vulnerability and any available updates at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43562. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0855 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40318
Vulnerability details
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) 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
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.