PT-2024-4966 · Microsoft · Windows Imaging+1

George Holmes · Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2025-07-27 · CVE-2024-38060

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Imaging Component (affected versions not specified)

Description This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and affect the system. The issue is a buffer overflow in dynamically allocated memory within the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) framework. Exploitation may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-05490

CVE-2024-38060

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Imaging

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38060 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38060 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05490 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1949323247218258108 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/avleonovcom/1391 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1836299246385115334 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.270853 · Note
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1810932125442658459 · Twitter Post