Adjacent code execution via use-after-free
Published Jul 9, 2024 · Updated Feb 10, 2026
Use-after-free in the Xbox Wireless Adapter component in Microsoft Windows 11 allows remote attackers to execute code from an adjacent network. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, the lifetime error, or how wireless input reaches the freed object. Exploitation requires proximity to the wireless interface, no authentication or user interaction, and high-complexity conditions; success runs attacker-controlled code on the affected host.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Xbox Wireless Adapter component in Microsoft Windows 11 allows remote attackers to execute code from an adjacent network. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, the lifetime error, or how wireless input reaches the freed object. Exploitation requires proximity to the wireless interface, no authentication or user interaction, and high-complexity conditions; success runs attacker-controlled code on the affected host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-38078
- Published
- Jul 9, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 11 version 21H2
- Classifications
- CWE-416
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <10.0.22000.3079
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