CVE-2021-24076: Microsoft Windows VMSwitch Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Feb

Released

2021-02-09

EPSS Score

0.25% (percentile: 48.0%)

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is uninitialized memory.

Affected Products (18)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
• Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)
• Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)

ESU

• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (10)

• 4601354
• 4601345
• 4601315
• 4601331
• 4601318
• 4601384
• 4601349
• 4601348
• 4601357
• 4601319

Acknowledgments

Microsoft Platform Security & Vulnerability Research

Revision History

• 2021-02-09: Information published.