CVE-2024-57972
Published: 06 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57972 is a medium-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 15.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is an unrestricted resource allocation flaw (CWE-770) in the pairing API request handler of the Device Portal framework on Microsoft HoloLens 1 running Windows Holographic up to version 10.0.17763.3046 and HoloLens 2 up to 10.0.22621.1244. An unauthenticated remote attacker on the same network segment can send a large volume of pairing requests, exhausting device resources and rendering the unit unusable.
Because the affected endpoint requires no authentication or user interaction and is reachable over the local wireless network, an attacker with adjacent-network access can trigger a denial-of-service condition that persists until the device is manually reset or power-cycled. The CVSS 6.5 score reflects the high availability impact combined with low attack complexity.
EPSS for the issue rose from a low baseline to a recorded peak of 0.0668 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0201, indicating a temporary increase in exploitation interest after public disclosure. Public references consist of repository links that do not contain vendor mitigation guidance or patch details.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54280
Vulnerability details
The pairing API request handler in Microsoft HoloLens 1 (Windows Holographic) through 10.0.17763.3046 and HoloLens 2 (Windows Holographic) through 10.0.22621.1244 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (resource consumption and device unusability) by sending many requests through the…
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Device Portal framework.
- 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.
This control implements explicit throttling on session allocation, addressing the weakness of allocating resources without limits.
Plan testing exercises resource allocation limits and throttling during simulated failures, directly addressing weaknesses that allow unbounded resource use.
Contingency plan updates ensure recovery strategies address unbounded resource allocation, making it harder for attackers to exploit lack of throttling to cause prolonged outages.
Provides continuity when unbounded resource allocation at the primary site leads to exhaustion and downtime.
Alternate services allow operations to continue when primary allocation of resources lacks limits or throttling.
Explicit planning of security-related actions requires defining limits, windows, and resource allocations, making allocation without throttling far less likely.
Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.
Imposes an inactivity-based limit on network resource allocation, throttling the number of concurrently held connections.