CVE-2024-49079
High
Published: 12 December 2024
Published
12 December 2024
Modified
08 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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
0.0050
66.3th percentile
Risk Priority
16
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2024-49079 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 33.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43942
Vulnerability details
Input Method Editor (IME) 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
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20857 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20857
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7606 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7606
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 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4602
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4602
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2605
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.7606
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list
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.