01 Record
CVE-2024-43491
Microsoft Windows Update Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Microsoft Windows Update Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 12.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-09-10 16:54Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-10 15:10Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-08-14
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 75146f0675f4f78e85f3f0a3ba9396db218be73bfbd1e1df9fb8869dd3f62e12
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comMicrosoft Windows Update Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43491