---
title: "CVE-2024-38178: Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-38178/
description: "CVE-2024-38178 (Microsoft Windows): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-08-13
date_modified: 2025-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-38178"
kev: true
cvss: 7.5
epss: 0.4138
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2024-38178: Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Microsoft Windows. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-13, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2024-09-03 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target.
- EPSS 41.4% , percentile 99: FIRST’s model estimates a 41.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs a user to click or open something. Phishing makes that realistic, but it is not wormable.

## What it is

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2: 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.1457
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6189
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019: 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6189
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6189
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022: 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.2655
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2: 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.3147
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2: 10.0.19043.0 < 10.0.19044.4780
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2: 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.4037
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2: 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.4780
- Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3: 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.4037

## Severity

- microsoft CVSS 3.1: 7.5 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2024-08-13; federal due date 2024-09-03. Known ransomware use: Unknown.
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 41.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.

## Sources

- [Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38178)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-38178](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38178)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-38178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38178)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38178)

---
Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-38178/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt