Unauthenticated system crash via IKE NULL dereference
Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025
A NULL pointer dereference in Microsoft Windows IKE Extension allows remote attackers to crash affected systems through network traffic. The public Microsoft record identifies the component and weakness but does not disclose the affected function, malformed IKE field, or unchecked operation that yields the NULL pointer. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation interrupts availability by crashing the affected Windows system.
Summary
What happened
A NULL pointer dereference in Microsoft Windows IKE Extension allows remote attackers to crash affected systems through network traffic. The public Microsoft record identifies the component and weakness but does not disclose the affected function, malformed IKE field, or unchecked operation that yields the NULL pointer. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation interrupts availability by crashing the affected Windows system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-24859
- Published
- Mar 14, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19805
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