Vulnerability · CVE-2023-36424
Microsoft Windows Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Published Nov 14, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows
Patch now
CVE-2023-36424 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 27, 2026. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 12.09%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · vendor Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow a threat actor for privileges escalation Initial-access exploit intelligence.
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- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2version unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2023-36424
Recommended remediation
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Apr 27, 2026.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2023-36424 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 27, 2026. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 12.09%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 14, 2023 · Catalog
Detected
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow a threat actor for privileges escalation
Apr 13, 2026 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Apr 27, 2026 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow a threat actor for privileges escalation
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36424
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow a threat actor for privileges escalation
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36424
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-36424
30-day exploitation probability 12.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36424
Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36424
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow a threat actor for privileges escalation
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.