Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49021

High

Published: 12 November 2024

Published
12 November 2024
Modified
15 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0081 74.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49021 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server 2016. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
sql server 2016
13.0.6300.2 — 13.0.6455.2 · 13.0.7000.253 — 13.0.7050.2
microsoft
sql server 2017
14.0.1000.169 — 14.0.2070.1 · 14.0.3006.16 — 14.0.3485.1
microsoft
sql server 2019
15.0.2000.5 — 15.0.2130.3 · 15.0.4003.23 — 15.0.4410.1
microsoft
sql server 2022
16.0.1000.6 — 16.0.1135.2 · 16.0.4003.1 — 16.0.4155.4

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-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References