Blue Screen of Death Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2024-6768

What is CVE-2024-6768?

A Denial of Service in CLFS.sys in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated low-privilege user to cause a Blue Screen of Death via a forced call to the KeBugCheckEx function.

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Forbes

CVE-2024-6768

New Windows 10 And 11 Blue Screen Of Death Warning Issued

Just as Windows users have recovered from the July CrowdStrike update failure, a new blue screen of death threat has been revealed. Here’s what is known so far.

Neowin

CVE-2024-6768

Windows 11/10 system driver has BSOD-triggering CVE-2024-6768 flaw on fully updated PCs

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in a Windows system driver that can be abused to trigger a blue screen of death (BSOD), even on fully updated Windows 11 and 10 systems.

CVE-2024-6768

CLFS Bug Crashes Even Updated Windows 10, 11 Systems

A quick and easy exploit for crashing Windows computers has no fix yet nor really any way to mitigate its effects.

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