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CVE-2024-6768: Denial of Service in CLFS.sys

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1284

Description

A Denial of Service in CLFS.sys in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated low-privilege user to cause a Blue Screen of Death via a forced call to the KeBugCheckEx function.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 10.0.0
• Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2: 10.0.0
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: 10.0.0
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: 10.0.0
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022: 10.0.0

References

• https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/research/fr-2024-001
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-6768-detection-script-blue-screen-of-death-vulnerability-affecting-microsoft-windows
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-6768-mitigation-script-blue-screen-of-death-vulnerability-affecting-microsoft-windows

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