CVE-2023-24940 Windows Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Denial of Service Vulnerability
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Windows via the Pragmatic General Multicast protocol due to a null pointer dereference.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-24940?
CVE-2023-24940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 9 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24940?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 20h2, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-24940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-24940 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24940 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x3vg-wxqx-p48x.