CVE-2024-43538 Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
An attacker can cause a denial of service in the Windows Mobile Broadband Driver, affecting various Windows and Server versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-43538?
CVE-2024-43538 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809, published on 8 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43538?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43538 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-2024-43538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-30400 Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library Use-After-Free
- CVE-2024-21338 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ph6j-cj95-5hmr.