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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-24078 in the critical feed json

Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2021-02-25 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-10994

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.9%
EPSS 11.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

11.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server version 2004
  • Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.