PT-2024-6240 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2024-09-10 · Updated 2024-09-17 · CVE-2024-38233

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Networking service, which is caused by a null pointer dereference. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

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

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07187

CVE-2024-38233

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38233 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38233 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38233 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07187 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2024-38233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38233 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1833561366717776359 · Twitter Post
• https://threats.kaspersky.com/en/vulnerability/KLA73227 · Note
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1833581626866954503 · Twitter Post