CVE-2024-38148

Summary

CVE-2024-38148 is a newly disclosed Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Windows Secure Channel. The vulnerability allows an attacker to send specially crafted packets to a target system, leading to a denial of service condition. The Secure Channel component is responsible for establishing and maintaining secure communication channels, making this vulnerability particularly significant as it could impact various applications and services that rely on this component. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the target system becoming unresponsive or unavailable, potentially causing service disruptions and affecting productivity. Microsoft is currently working on a patch to address this issue, and users are strongly encouraged to apply it as soon as it becomes available to mitigate the risk.

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