CVE-2024-29984Network attack vector

Remote code execution via malicious server response

Published Apr 9, 2024 · Updated May 3, 2025

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server allows remote attackers to execute code through a malicious server response. The client driver mishandles malicious data returned during an OLE DB connection and overwrites heap memory; Microsoft has not disclosed the affected routine or field. Exploitation requires a user or application to connect to an attacker-controlled SQL server, after which code runs in the client process.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability2.40%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server allows remote attackers to execute code through a malicious server response. The client driver mishandles malicious data returned during an OLE DB connection and overwrites heap memory; Microsoft has not disclosed the affected routine or field. Exploitation requires a user or application to connect to an attacker-controlled SQL server, after which code runs in the client process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-29984
Published
Apr 9, 2024
Updated
May 3, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft SQL Server 2022
Classifications
CWE-122, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.1115.1
  2. Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.4120.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022version=16.0.0 <16.0.1115.1; version=16.0.0 <16.0.4120.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019version=15.0.0 <15.0.2110.4; version=15.0.0 <15.0.4360.2
Microsoft · Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19 for SQL Serverversion=19.0.0 <19.3.0003.0
Microsoft · Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Serverversion=18.0.0 <18.7.0002.0

Published CVSS scores

8.8Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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