Unauthenticated code execution via SMBv3 double free
Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
A double-free flaw in the SMBv3 server component of Windows Server 2022 before build 10.0.20348.2849 allows remote attackers to execute code. Microsoft identifies the weakness as double free but has not disclosed the affected function, packet field, or sequence that causes memory to be freed twice. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction but depends on high-complexity conditions; success grants attacker-controlled code execution on the server.
Summary
What happened
A double-free flaw in the SMBv3 server component of Windows Server 2022 before build 10.0.20348.2849 allows remote attackers to execute code. Microsoft identifies the weakness as double free but has not disclosed the affected function, packet field, or sequence that causes memory to be freed twice. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction but depends on high-complexity conditions; success grants attacker-controlled code execution on the server.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43447
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2022
- Classifications
- CWE-415, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.2849
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