CVE-2024-43579
Published: 17 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-43579 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.0% 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-2024-43579. The flaw is associated with CWE-122 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.6 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and required user interaction.
An attacker positioned on the network can leverage the issue to execute arbitrary code, resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact together with low availability impact on the affected system.
The Microsoft Security Response Center advisory published at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43579 addresses mitigation steps and available patches. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0614 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-40333
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.