HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.5Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2024-08-13Vulnerability

CVE-2024-38178

Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attacker to initiate remote code execution via a specially crafted URL.

Properties

Euvd product
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, Windows 10 Version 22H2, Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Version 1507, Windows 11 version 21H2, Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows 11 version 22H2, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows 10 Version 21H2, Windows 11 version 22H3, Windows 11 Version 24H2, Windows 11 Version 23H2, Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T22:55:48+00:00
Cvss score
7.5
Epss score
0.4138
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2024-09-03
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2024-08-13
Score
7.5
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.5

Related Entities (17)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (14)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2024-08-13

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