Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49095

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 7.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 36th percentile
Risk Priority 51 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49095 is a high-severity Double Free (CWE-415) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 36th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
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.
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-2025-49690Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49132Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49097Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2024-49123Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2025-62215Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2026-20867Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2026-20861Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2025-55224Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2025-55223Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1809
CVE-2025-53807Same 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 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4602
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
≤ 10.0.20348.2966
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1308
microsoft
windows server 2025
≤ 10.0.26100.2605

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.4.2
  • V10.4.5
  • V15.1.3
  • V15.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation explicitly includes dynamic analysis and fuzzing that locate double-free defects before release.

Security engineering principles can require memory-safe allocation patterns or language features that structurally eliminate double-free opportunities.

Maintaining separate execution domains for each process structurally eliminates unintended concurrent access to the same shared resources.

Preventing unintended information transfer through shared system resources directly addresses the improper concurrent modification that defines a race condition.

Flaw remediation processes require identification and correction of memory-management defects such as double free once discovered.

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 double-free errors via static analysis, safe memory APIs, and testing.

PR.DS-01 partial match
prevents

PR.DS-01 encryption of data-at-rest can protect swapped pages but does not stop improper memory locking, addressing only one exposure facet of the weakness.

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 can detect double-free conditions before release.

degrades

Cryptographic controls can reduce exposure of sensitive data even if it is paged, but do not directly enforce memory locking.

prevents

Secure development life cycle includes memory-safety practices that can prevent double-free bugs.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate memory-safety rules that reduce double-free risk.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles can prescribe safe memory-management patterns.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly address proper use of free() and similar functions.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248525 All OL 8 local disk partitions must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure or modification of all information that requires at-rest protection. prevents CWE-591
  • V-248590 OL 8 must clear the page allocator to prevent use-after-free attacks. prevents CWE-415

References