CVE tracker / CVE-2024-38264
CVE-2024-38264
CVE-2024-38264 is the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) Denial of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 9.8. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published November 12, 2024.
Risk summary
CriticalDenial of Service
9.8
CVSS v3 base
1.3%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
Critical
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 9 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5046617 · fixed build 10.0.26100.2314
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2025 - KB5046618 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1251
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) - KB5046633 · fixed build 10.0.22631.4460, 10.0.22621.4460
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
What Microsoft changed
- November 12, 2024: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-591: Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- November 12, 2024
- Last revised
- November 12, 2024
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References
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