CVE-2024-43458: Windows Networking Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.7)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Sep

Released

2024-09-10

EPSS Score

2.19% (percentile: 84.4%)

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. According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a Hyper-V guest to affect the functionality of the Hyper-V host.

Affected Products (3)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (1)

• 5043051

Acknowledgments

Anonymous

Revision History

• 2024-09-10: Information published.