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CVE-2024-37982

CVE-2024-37982 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 11 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium

6.7

CVSS

67%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 67%. CVSS 6.7 (Medium).

This CVE is among the top 25% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-37982

A second, separate Resume EFI bypass landed in the same release as the one above, affecting the identical set of Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 10 1809 systems. Having two distinct flaws in the same subsystem in one patch cycle suggests the Resume EFI code path got focused security review, and both carry the same 61 percent EPSS reading. Treat this as its own fix to apply, not a duplicate of the other one.

Do this: Confirm both Resume EFI CVEs from this cycle are covered by the cumulative update installed on 24H2 devices, not just one of them.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-37982

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-37982 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-37982.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-37982: Medium severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 6.7
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 67%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5044273, KB5044277, KB5044280, KB5044281, KB5044284, KB5044285, KB5044286, KB5044288, KB5044293, KB5044342, KB5044343
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
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Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 67%).

Fixed by KB5044273 and 10 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-37982

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5044273, KB5044277, KB5044280, KB5044281, KB5044284, KB5044285, KB5044286, KB5044288, KB5044293, KB5044342, KB5044343 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-37982. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5044273 KB5044277 KB5044280 KB5044281 KB5044284 KB5044285 KB5044286 KB5044288 KB5044293 KB5044342 KB5044343

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-43572 CVE-2024-43573 CVE-2024-38124 CVE-2024-38212 CVE-2024-38265 CVE-2024-43453 CVE-2024-43517 CVE-2024-43518

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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