CVE tracker / CVE-2024-43640
CVE-2024-43640
CVE-2024-43640 is the Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.8. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published November 12, 2024.
Risk summary
HighElevation of Privilege
7.8
CVSS v3 base
0.6%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 12 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5046613 · fixed build 10.0.19045.5131, 10.0.19044.5131
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5046616 · fixed build 10.0.20348.2849
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022 - 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-415: Double Free
- 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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