CVE-2024-38231
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38231- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37197
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37197- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmhg-5fq2-cxqq
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-pmhg-5fq2-cxqq- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38231- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1
- microsoft windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2
- microsoft windows server 2008 service pack 2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38231 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, published September 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.87%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.