CVE-2024-49121
Published: 12 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-49121 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-49121 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 and is associated with CWE-476. The flaw permits remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash or resource exhaustion in affected Windows systems that expose LDAP services.
An attacker with network reachability can send specially crafted LDAP requests that require no credentials or user interaction, resulting in high impact to availability while leaving confidentiality and integrity unaffected. The attack vector is rated as network-accessible with low complexity.
Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49121 supplies patch information and mitigation guidance for supported Windows versions.
The associated EPSS score rose to a peak of 0.2378 after disclosure before settling at the current value of 0.1662, indicating measurable post-publication exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43760
Vulnerability details
Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 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
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.