high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-38112Windows — spoofing in the legacy rendering engine

A spoofing flaw sits in the legacy Windows rendering engine (MSHTML), the component Internet Explorer left behind. The catalog rates the impact as high across confidentiality, integrity and availability; Microsoft publishes no detail beyond that.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the July 2024 Windows update on every supported build. Microsoft names no workaround, and the engine is present whether or not anyone still opens the old browser.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
84%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
High
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-07-09
Added to KEV
2024-07-09
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
defense evasion
MITRE ATT&CK
T1036
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-38112 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24