Microsoft Windows 10 21H2/10 22H2 Mobile Broadband Driver heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2/10 22H2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Mobile Broadband Driver. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-24288. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 10 21H2/10 22H2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Mobile Broadband 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 summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Mobile Broadband allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code with a physical attack.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2026 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-24288. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/13/2026).

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: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.8
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

03/10/2026 VulDB entry created
03/10/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
03/10/2026 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
03/13/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-24288 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-24288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349997
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2026 19:09
Updated: 03/13/2026 05:19
Changes: 03/10/2026 19:09 (36), 03/10/2026 19:12 (33), 03/13/2026 05:19 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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