Patch tracker / CVE reference / CVE-2024-38161
CVE-2024-38161
CVE-2024-38161 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.2%. CVSS 6.8 (Medium).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
A final, lower-severity Mobile Broadband Driver RCE bug appears with a High 7.8 rating and just 1 percent EPSS, a sharp contrast to the 61 percent seen in the other RCE variants for the same driver. This one can be scheduled with routine maintenance rather than treated as urgent.
Do this: Include this with the routine patch cycle; the low EPSS does not justify accelerating ahead of the higher-likelihood driver fixes.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38161
Lower priority: patch in your normal cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5040427, KB5040430, KB5040431 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-2024-38161. 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.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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