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CVE-2024-43520

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-43520 is a Windows Kernel Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Microsoft products. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), it can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, to cause a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in BleepingComputer's October 2024 Patch Tuesday report.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.10240.20796CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
< 10.0.10240.20796CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
< 10.0.14393.7428CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
< 10.0.14393.7428CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
< 10.0.17763.6414CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 382 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (38)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6414
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6414
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6414
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6414
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2762
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2762
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.3260
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.3260
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4317
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4317
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5011
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4317
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4317
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1189
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2033
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2033
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20796
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20796
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7428
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7428
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7428
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7428
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22918
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22918
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22918
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.0.6003.22918
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1Fixed in: 6.1.7601.27366
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.1.7601.27366
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25118
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25118
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22221
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22221
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2024-Oct/CVE-2024-43520Important

Windows Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

Oct 8, 2024

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43520
PatchVendor Advisory