CVE-2024-40432 Denial of service in n/a
A privileged attacker can crash the operating system by exploiting a lack of input validation in the Realtek SD card reader driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40432?
CVE-2024-40432 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A lack of input validation in Realtek SD card reader driver before 10.0.26100.21374 through the implementation of the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND control of the SD card reader driver allows a privileged attacker to crash the OS.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40432?
How do I fix CVE-2024-40432?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40432 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-40432 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-40432 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mx4x-5r76-88fj.