CVE-2024-20683 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
A use-after-free flaw in Win32k allows attackers to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20683?
CVE-2024-20683 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 9 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20683?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2 and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-20683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20683 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-33073 Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control
- CVE-2024-49039 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrrh-8rp4-pgc2.