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CVE-2024-43562:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT) Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-43562) was disclosed on October 8, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server editions (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Microsoft has classified this as an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability primarily affects the availability of the system through a denial of service condition. The CVSS scoring indicates that while there is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, there is a high impact on system availability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The patches are available for affected versions including Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (versions 21H2 through 24H2), and Windows Server (2016 through 2022) (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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