CVE-2025-21228: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-21228 is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The issue resides in the Windows Digital Media component and could be exploited to elevate privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.6 with attack vector requiring physical access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in elevation of privilege, allowing an attacker with limited access to gain higher privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1507 system. This could lead to full system compromise including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as indicated by the CVSS vector.
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-2025-21228 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21228: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.6medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-21228 is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The issue resides in the Windows Digital Media component and could be exploited to elevate privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.6 with attack vector requiring physical access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in elevation of privilege, allowing an attacker with limited access to gain higher privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1507 system. This could lead to full system compromise including confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as indicated by the CVSS vector.
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-2025-21228 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-10T23:54:12.919Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21228","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd4d9ed239a66badea89
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:43:43 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 81
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