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CVE-2024-38236

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-38236 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting the DHCP Server Service across various Microsoft Windows Server versions, including 2008 through 2022. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete denial of service without requiring user interaction or privileges. While the vulnerability has a high EPSS score and has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog as being actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 67th 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 (20)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7336
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6293
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6293
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2700
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2700
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2695
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2695
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1128
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7336
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22870
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22870
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22870
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22870
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.27320
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.27320
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25073
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25073
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22175
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22175
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2024-38236Important

DHCP Server Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sep 10, 2024

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38236
PatchVendor Advisory