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CVE-2024-38063: Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2024-38063 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 15 affected products, including Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1507: before 10.0.10240.20751
  • Microsoft Windows 10 1607: before 10.0.14393.7259
  • Microsoft Windows 10 1809: before 10.0.17763.6189
  • Microsoft Windows 10 21h2: before 10.0.19044.4780
  • Microsoft Windows 10 22h2: before 10.0.19045.4780
  • Microsoft Windows 11 21h2: before 10.0.22000.3147
  • Microsoft Windows 11 22h2: before 10.0.22621.4037
  • Microsoft Windows 11 23h2: before 10.0.22631.4037
  • Microsoft Windows 11 24h2: before 10.0.26100.1457
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions listed by NVD; r2 sp1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012: before 6.2.9200.25031; r2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016: before 10.0.14393.7259
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019: before 10.0.17763.6189
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022: before 10.0.20348.2655
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2: before 10.0.25398.1085

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