CVE-2024-43484: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio are affected by a denial of service vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43484. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 8, 2024, affecting multiple versions of .NET (6.0.0 to 6.0.35 and 8.0.0 to 8.0.10), .NET Framework, and Visual Studio 2022 (NVD).

The vulnerability is related to the System.IO.Packaging library which may allow untrusted inputs to influence algorithmically complex operations. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-789 (Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value) and CWE-407 (Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity) (NVD).

This vulnerability can result in denial of service conditions, potentially affecting the availability of applications running on the affected .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio versions (Red Hat).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest versions of the affected software components through the Microsoft Update system (Microsoft).