Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 23H2 Kernel Streaming Service Driver heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Kernel Streaming Service Driver. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-38242. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Kernel Streaming Service Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2024 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38242. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/18/2024).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

09/10/2024 🔍
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09/18/2024 +7 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38242 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277052
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2024 19:28
Updated: 09/18/2024 00:27
Changes: 09/10/2024 19:28 (14), 09/10/2024 19:29 (21), 09/10/2024 19:32 (34), 09/18/2024 00:27 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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