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CVE detail

CVE-2026-40415

Use after free in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVSS 8.1 · HighBuzz score 25.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 11.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
11.5
3 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2026 fix 138 bugs, some of them are alarmingSecurity Affairs

    Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed 138 flaws, including 30 critical bugs, across Windows, Office, Azure, Edge, SQL Server, and more. Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday patched 138 vulnerabilities in a single release. That is a number that gives pause even for people accustomed to these cycles. The affected products span virtually the entire Microsoft […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 13, 2026, 7:28 PM
  • The May 2026 Security Update ReviewZero Day Initiative

    take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with a nasty-looking bug in DNS: - CVE-2026-41096 - Windows DNS Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This patch fixes a heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS Client triggered by a malicious DNS response. No authentication or user interaction needed, and since the

    vendorwww.thezdi.comMay 12, 2026, 6:38 PM
  • CVE-2026-40415 Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityMicrosoft MSRC

    Use after free in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

    vendormsrc.microsoft.comMay 12, 2026, 2:00 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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