CVE-2024-57972 Denial of service in HoloLens
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Microsoft HoloLens devices by flooding the pairing API with requests, rendering the device unusable.
- 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-2024-57972?
CVE-2024-57972 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft HoloLens, published on 6 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The pairing API request handler in Microsoft HoloLens 1 (Windows Holographic) through 10.0.17763.3046 and HoloLens 2 (Windows Holographic) through 10.0.22621.1244 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (resource consumption and device unusability) by sending many requests through the Device Portal framework.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57972?
How do I fix CVE-2024-57972?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-57972 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-2024-57972 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-57972 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfr2-g2r2-vf88.