CVE-2024-43575: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2016
CVE-2024-43575 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. It involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can cause service disruption. An official fix is available to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-43575 is a vulnerability classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) affecting Windows Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016 version 10.0.14393.0. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting system resources, impacting availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and no confidentiality or integrity impact but high impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting resources on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, causing service disruption and impacting availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security update to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected systems.
CVE-2024-43575: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Description
CVE-2024-43575 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. It involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can cause service disruption. An official fix is available to address this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-43575 is a vulnerability classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) affecting Windows Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016 version 10.0.14393.0. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting system resources, impacting availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and no confidentiality or integrity impact but high impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting resources on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, causing service disruption and impacting availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security update to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected systems.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.545Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a2867158dd33fbd85722dec
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:18:45 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:26:38 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 39
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