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CVE-2025-21215: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-21215cvecve-2025-21215cwe-125
Published: 01/14/2025 (01/14/2025, 18:03:26 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: Windows 10 Version 1507

Description

Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.6medium

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Affected software

Affected versions
10.0.10240.0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/10/2026, 09:42:36 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21215 and classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows an attacker to bypass the Secure Boot security feature by exploiting an out-of-bounds read condition. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a bypass of the Secure Boot security feature, potentially allowing unauthorized code to run during system startup. The impact is limited to confidentiality compromise, with no direct integrity or availability effects reported. The attack requires physical access to the system.

Mitigation Recommendations

An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21215 to remediate this vulnerability.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
microsoft
Date Reserved
2024-12-05T21:43:30.771Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
official-fix
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21215","vendor":"Microsoft"}]

Threat ID: 68c0bd4d9ed239a66badea71

Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:37 UTC

Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:42:36 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 123

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