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Windows Server 2008Operating system · Microsoft

CVE-2024-38260

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 10.0.14393.7336 / 10.0.17763.6293 or later.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Windows Server 2008Operating system
Affected:= r2
Windows Server 2012Operating system
Affected:all versions= r2
Windows Server 2016Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.14393.7336
Windows Server 2019Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.17763.6293
Windows Server 2022Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.20348.2700
Windows Server 2022 23h2Operating system
Affected:< 10.0.25398.1128

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 10.0.14393.7336 / 10.0.17763.6293 / 10.0.20348.2700 or later
Fixed in 10.0.14393.733610.0.17763.629310.0.20348.2700
Vendor patch msrc.microsoft.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Windows Server 2016: build 10.0.14393.7336 | Windows Server 2019: build 10.0.17763.6293 | Windows Server 2022: build 10.0.20348.2700 | Windows Server 2022 23h2: build 10.0.25398.1128

  1. Check current Windows Server version by running 'winver' or 'systeminfo' in Command Prompt
  2. Open Windows Update (run 'ms-settings:windowsupdate' or check Update Catalog directly)
  3. Search for and install the security update corresponding to CVE-2024-38260 from Microsoft's Update Catalog: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=CVE-2024-38260
  4. Alternatively, manually download the appropriate KB from the Microsoft Update Catalog based on your Windows Server version and architecture
  5. Restart the server if prompted after applying the update
  6. Verify the patch was successfully installed by checking 'systeminfo' or the installed updates list
Caveat Standard patching risks apply - test in non-production environment before deploying; ensure backups exist

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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