CVE-2024-38236: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
DHCP Server Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-38236 and classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the DHCP Server Service in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. An attacker can exploit this flaw remotely without authentication to cause a denial of service by exhausting resources. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service (DoS) by causing the DHCP Server Service to consume excessive resources, leading to service unavailability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, only availability is affected.
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-2024-38236 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-38236: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Description
DHCP Server Service 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-2024-38236 and classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the DHCP Server Service in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. An attacker can exploit this flaw remotely without authentication to cause a denial of service by exhausting resources. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service (DoS) by causing the DHCP Server Service to consume excessive resources, leading to service unavailability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, only availability is affected.
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-2024-38236 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-06-11T22:36:08.229Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38236","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 699f6c76b7ef31ef0b564aa9
Added to database: 02/25/2026, 21:41:10 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 15:50:32 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 54
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