CVE-2024-37335: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31)
Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-37335 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) in Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31) affecting the Native Scoring component. The flaw allows an attacker with low privileges and no user interaction to execute remote code, potentially compromising the system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely, leading to full compromise of the affected SQL Server instance. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37335 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-37335: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31)
Description
Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-37335 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) in Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31) affecting the Native Scoring component. The flaw allows an attacker with low privileges and no user interaction to execute remote code, potentially compromising the system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely, leading to full compromise of the affected SQL Server instance. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this report.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37335 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-05T20:19:26.776Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37335","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c66b7ef31ef0b563aaf
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:40:54 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:43:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 62
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