CVE-2024-49015
Published: 12 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-49015 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server 2016. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-49015 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the SQL Server Native Client component, carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8. The weakness is tracked under CWE-122 and allows an attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact when successfully triggered.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw over the network with low attack complexity by convincing a user to interact with malicious content, such as opening a crafted file or visiting a hostile web page, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the affected system.
The official Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49015 supplies patch information and mitigation guidance for supported SQL Server Native Client versions.
EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0703 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0403, indicating that exploitation interest increased after public disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43892
Vulnerability details
SQL Server Native Client 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.