CVE-2024-43566
Published: 17 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-43566 is a high-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-43566. The flaw is associated with CWE-190 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue remotely to obtain sensitive information from an affected Edge instance. The vulnerability description indicates remote code execution is possible, though the published CVSS vector limits the scored impact to confidentiality exposure without integrity or availability effects.
Microsoft’s Security Response Center advisory at the referenced URL supplies patch information and mitigation guidance for the affected Edge releases. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0654 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40322
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution 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.