CVE-2024-38145

22

FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-38145 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting the Windows Layer-2 Bridge Network Driver. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a complete denial of service. While there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including mention in Microsoft's August 2024 Patch Tuesday. Despite being patched, it is not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no widespread active exploitation at this time.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 10.0.10240.20751CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507::::::::
		< 10.0.14393.7259CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607::::::::
		< 10.0.17763.6189CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809::::::::
		< 10.0.19044.4780CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2::::::::
		< 10.0.19045.4780CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.46%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

82.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (32)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6189

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6189

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6189

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6189

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2655

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2655

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.3147

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.3147

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4037

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4037

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.4780

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4037

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4037

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1085

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20751

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20751

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7259

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7259

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7259

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7259

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25031

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25031

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22134

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22134

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.1457

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.1457

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2024-Aug/CVE-2024-38145Important

Windows Layer-2 Bridge Network Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38145

PatchVendor Advisory