CVE-2024-43506: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
CVE-2024-43506 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 affecting the BranchCache feature. It is classified as an uncontrolled resource consumption issue (CWE-400) that can cause a denial of service condition. An official fix is available from Microsoft.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43506, affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) and involves uncontrolled resource consumption in the BranchCache component, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity but a significant impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a denial of service by exhausting system resources via the BranchCache feature on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected systems.
CVE-2024-43506: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
CVE-2024-43506 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 affecting the BranchCache feature. It is classified as an uncontrolled resource consumption issue (CWE-400) that can cause a denial of service condition. An official fix is available from Microsoft.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43506, affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) and involves uncontrolled resource consumption in the BranchCache component, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity but a significant impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a denial of service by exhausting system resources via the BranchCache feature on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected systems.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.522Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a28672d8dd33fbd857232ff
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:19:09 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:19:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 94
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