CVE-2024-21372
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21372) was disclosed on February 13, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has identified this as an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability (CWE-190) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. The CVSS scoring indicates that successful exploitation could result in complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (MSRC).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected versions of Windows. Updates are available through various KB articles including KB5034763, KB5034765, KB5034766, KB5034767, KB5034768, KB5034769, KB5034770, KB5034774, KB5034819, and KB5034830 (Rapid7).

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