Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49077

Memory Safety in Microsoft Windows 10 1809 ≤ 10.0.17763.6659

Published
12 December 2024
Modified
08 January 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0087 55th percentile
Risk Priority 52 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49077 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-49103Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49098Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49083Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49101Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49110Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49099Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49109Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49092Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49111Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49078Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6659 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6659
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5247
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5247
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4602
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2605
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.6659
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1308
microsoft
windows server 2025
≤ 10.0.26100.2605

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation directly finds out-of-bounds read flaws through static analysis, fuzzing, and dynamic bounds checks.

Secure engineering principles require bounds checking and memory-safe constructs that stop out-of-bounds reads from being introduced.

Process isolation confines the effects of an out-of-bounds read to the compromised process.

Input validation rejects malformed indices or lengths that would otherwise cause reads outside buffer bounds.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 full match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent integer underflow defects via input validation, bounds checking, and static analysis.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References