Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-38264

CVE-2024-38264:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) Denial of Service Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38264, was disclosed on November 12, 2024. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Windows 11 (22H2, 23H2, 24H2) on both ARM64 and x64 architectures, as well as Windows Server 2022 23H2 and Windows Server 2025 (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network accessible, requires high attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity impact (NVD CVE).

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition affecting the Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) functionality in affected Microsoft systems (Microsoft Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available for affected versions of Windows 11 and Windows Server, with specific version requirements: Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 require version 10.0.22621.4460 and 10.0.22631.4460 respectively, Windows 11 24H2 requires version 10.0.26100.2314, Windows Server 2022 23H2 requires version 10.0.25398.1251, and Windows Server 2025 requires version 10.0.26100.2314 (NVD CVE).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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