CVE-2024-49075
Published: 12 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-49075 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Windows Remote Desktop Services is affected by CVE-2024-49075, a denial of service vulnerability published in December 2024. The flaw is categorized under CWE-400 and assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no required privileges or user interaction, and high availability impact with no effect on confidentiality or integrity.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted network traffic to trigger the vulnerability and cause denial of service against the Remote Desktop Services component, disrupting availability for legitimate users.
Microsoft published mitigation guidance in its Security Response Center advisory. The associated EPSS score rose materially from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0578 on 2025-12-18 before receding to the current value of 0.0138, indicating temporary growth in exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43938
Vulnerability details
Windows Remote Desktop Services Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Limiting concurrent sessions directly prevents uncontrolled resource consumption by capping the number of active sessions per user or account.
Analysis identifies uncontrolled resource consumption indicative of denial-of-service or abuse attempts.
Contingency plan testing includes resource exhaustion scenarios to verify recovery, making it harder for attackers to sustain exploits that cause uncontrolled consumption.
Updated contingency plans include current procedures to detect, contain, and recover from resource exhaustion, limiting an attacker's ability to sustain impact from uncontrolled consumption.
Alternate site allows resumption of operations if resource exhaustion at the primary site is exploited to cause unavailability.
Alternate telecommunications services enable resumption of essential functions when primary services become unavailable due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
The team can analyze and respond to resource exhaustion incidents, reducing the impact of attacks that exploit uncontrolled consumption weaknesses.
Timely maintenance support and spare parts enable rapid recovery from failures induced by uncontrolled resource consumption, shortening the impact window of denial-of-service attacks.