CVE-2024-38178
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
- Added
- 13 Aug 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 Sept 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.4% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.1457
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6189
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6189
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6189
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.2655
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.22000.3147
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19044.4780
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.4037
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.4780
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4037
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4037
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.25398.0 – < 10.0.25398.1085
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < 10.0.10240.20751
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7259
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7259
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7259
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.22134
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.22134
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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