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CVE-2024-43642

Windows SMB Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH 7.5EPSS 63.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Windows SMB Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
63.08% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · microsoft/windows 11 24h2 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2 · microsoft/windows server 2025
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%33%65%3 November 2026: 63.08%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 63.1% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.