CVE-2024-38238 Kernel Streaming Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in the Kernel Streaming Service Driver to gain elevated privileges on 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-2024-38238?
CVE-2024-38238 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 10 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kernel Streaming Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38238?
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-2024-38238?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-38238 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38238 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-jww9-vwpc-6qmf.