CVE-2025-21298
What it is
Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 74.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 74.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
- It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 74.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-416 · Use after free
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Microsoft Windows 10 1507 < 10.0.10240.20890
- Microsoft Windows 10 1607 < 10.0.14393.7699
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809 < 10.0.17763.6775
- Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 < 10.0.19044.5371
- Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 < 10.0.19045.5371
- Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 < 10.0.22621.4751
- Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 < 10.0.22631.4751
- Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 < 10.0.26100.2894
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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