Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU88430

Use-after-free in Microsoft products - CVE-2024-21409

Published: April 10, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88430

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21409

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in .NET, .NET Framework and Visual Studio. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Affected software

Microsoft .NET Framework
.NET
Visual Studio
Amazon Linux AMI
dotnet6.0

How to mitigate CVE-2024-21409

Install updates from vendor's website.

dotnet6.0 - update to 6.0.129-1

External References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21409

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