CVE-2024-6768 Denial of Service in CLFS.sys
A low-privilege authenticated user can cause a Blue Screen of Death in Microsoft Windows by triggering a bug check in CLFS.sys.
- 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-2024-6768?
CVE-2024-6768 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Denial of Service in CLFS.sys in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated low-privilege user to cause a Blue Screen of Death via a forced call to the KeBugCheckEx function.
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6768?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6768 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-2024-6768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6768 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3wg3-6wwv-v265.