CVE-2025-21231: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
IP Helper Denial of Service Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21231 and categorized under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the IP Helper component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by exhausting system resources. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impacts availability only. Microsoft has published an official fix for this issue as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service (system unavailability) on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21231 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21231: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
IP Helper Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21231 and categorized under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the IP Helper component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by exhausting system resources. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impacts availability only. Microsoft has published an official fix for this issue as detailed in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service (system unavailability) on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21231 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-10T23:54:12.920Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21231","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd4e9ed239a66badea9c
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:38 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:44:10 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 120
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