CVE-2024-38233: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Windows Networking Denial of Service Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38233 and classified under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It involves a NULL pointer dereference in the Windows networking stack that can be triggered remotely without user interaction or privileges, resulting in a denial of service condition. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in denial of service, causing affected systems to become unavailable or crash. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38233 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38233: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Windows Networking Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38233 and classified under CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It involves a NULL pointer dereference in the Windows networking stack that can be triggered remotely without user interaction or privileges, resulting in a denial of service condition. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in denial of service, causing affected systems to become unavailable or crash. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38233 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.228Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38233","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c76b7ef31ef0b564aa0
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:10 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:49:52 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 42
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