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The bug is described as a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System driver.

It is tracked as CVE-2024-49138, and can apparently be used to fully take over vulnerable systems.

A building at the Microsoft Headquarters campus in Redmond, Washington (2014).

US agencies have sounded the alarm over this flaw, too.

While undoubtedly dangerous, this heap-based buffer overflow bug is not the only one patched this time around.

Aside from these flaws, Microsoft also patched two Edge bugs, on December 5 and 6,BleepingComputerreports.

The full list of patched flaws can be foundhere.

ViaBleepingComputer

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