CVE-2025-21300: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host Denial of Service Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Windows 10 Version 1507 involves the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host component, where uncontrolled resource consumption can be triggered, resulting in a denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems by exhausting resources in the UPnP Device Host service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
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-2025-21300 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21300: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Windows 10 Version 1507 involves the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host component, where uncontrolled resource consumption can be triggered, resulting in a denial of service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems by exhausting resources in the UPnP Device Host service. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected.
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-2025-21300 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-10T23:54:12.950Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21300","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd509ed239a66badeb76
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:40 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:51:29 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 89
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