CVE-2024-49079

20

FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-49079 is an Input Method Editor (IME) Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft products. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it allows an attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. While a patch is available, there is no public exploit code, and it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some media coverage and community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 10.0.10240.20857CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:::::::x64:*
		< 10.0.10240.20857CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:::::::x86:*
		< 10.0.14393.7606CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:::::::x64:*
		< 10.0.14393.7606CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:::::::x86:*
		< 10.0.17763.6659CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x64:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.95%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

57.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (38)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22318

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6659

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.6659

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6659

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.6659

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2966

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2966

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2908

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.2908

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4602

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.4602

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.5247

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2605

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2605

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2605

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2605

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2528

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2528

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.2528

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2528

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4602

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.4602

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1308

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20857

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.10240.20857

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7606

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.7606

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7606

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.7606

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25222

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 6.2.9200.25222

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2Fixed in: 6.3.9600.22318

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2024-Dec/CVE-2024-49079Important

Input Method Editor (IME) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49079

Vendor Advisory