CVE-2024-21392 | .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: 2024-03-12 Last update: 2024-11-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-21392 is rated Moderate Risk (55.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-21392

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-31 0.55% 0.75% +0.20%
2 2025-11-21 10.26% 0.55% -9.71%
3 2025-11-18 — 10.26% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-21392

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-21392

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-21392

GHSA-5fxj-whcv-crrc · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-21392: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-21392

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2024-21392: 4 source package rows (dotnet7-build, dotnet7-runtime, dotnet8-runtime, powershell); 8 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-21392
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21392
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-21392 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (dotnet6, dotnet7, dotnet8), 21 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 12, released 6, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21392

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-21392

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft .net >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft .net >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powershell >= 7.3, < 7.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powershell 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:7.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.4, < 17.4.17 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.6, < 17.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.8, < 17.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.9, < 17.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-21392

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