CVE-2025-21291

Windows Direct Show Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21291	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-14 18:15

Updated : 2025-01-24 21:47

NVD link : CVE-2025-21291

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21291

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21291

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_2019
windows_10_22h2
windows_server_2022
windows_11_23h2
windows_server_2022_23h2
windows_10_1809
windows_11_22h2
windows_10_21h2

CWE

CWE-415

Double Free

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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