CVE-2024-43533: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop
CVE-2024-43533 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop version 1. 2. 0. 0. This vulnerability allows remote code execution when a user interacts with a specially crafted remote desktop session. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43533 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop (version 1.2.0.0). This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without privileges and requires user interaction, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official patch to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running the vulnerable Remote Desktop client.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop version 1.2.0.0 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-43533: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop
Description
CVE-2024-43533 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop version 1. 2. 0. 0. This vulnerability allows remote code execution when a user interacts with a specially crafted remote desktop session. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43533 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop (version 1.2.0.0). This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without privileges and requires user interaction, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official patch to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running the vulnerable Remote Desktop client.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop version 1.2.0.0 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.531Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a28672b8dd33fbd857232ae
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 7:19:07 PM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 7:27:27 PM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 4:57:01 AM
Views: 2
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