Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-43567

HighDDoS

Published: 08 October 2024

Published
08 October 2024
Modified
17 October 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0657 91.4th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-43567 is a high-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 8.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Windows Hyper-V is affected by a denial of service vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43567. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-770, indicating improper resource allocation that can be triggered remotely.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit the flaw without user interaction or credentials to disrupt Hyper-V availability, resulting in a high-impact denial of service while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected.

Microsoft published an advisory for the vulnerability at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43567 that includes mitigation guidance and patch information.

The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0657 with no material increase after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.7428
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.6414
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2762
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-770

This control implements explicit throttling on session allocation, addressing the weakness of allocating resources without limits.

addresses: CWE-770

Plan testing exercises resource allocation limits and throttling during simulated failures, directly addressing weaknesses that allow unbounded resource use.

addresses: CWE-770

Contingency plan updates ensure recovery strategies address unbounded resource allocation, making it harder for attackers to exploit lack of throttling to cause prolonged outages.

addresses: CWE-770

Provides continuity when unbounded resource allocation at the primary site leads to exhaustion and downtime.

addresses: CWE-770

Alternate services allow operations to continue when primary allocation of resources lacks limits or throttling.

addresses: CWE-770

Explicit planning of security-related actions requires defining limits, windows, and resource allocations, making allocation without throttling far less likely.

addresses: CWE-770

Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.

addresses: CWE-770

Imposes an inactivity-based limit on network resource allocation, throttling the number of concurrently held connections.

References