CVE-2025-21324: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21324) involves an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the Windows Digital Media component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The flaw could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and results in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with physical access and limited privileges to gain elevated privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1507 system. This could lead to full system compromise, including complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. 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-2025-21324 to remediate this issue.
CVE-2025-21324: 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
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21324) involves an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the Windows Digital Media component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The flaw could allow an attacker with limited privileges to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and results in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with physical access and limited privileges to gain elevated privileges on the affected Windows 10 Version 1507 system. This could lead to full system compromise, including complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. 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-2025-21324 to remediate this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-11T00:29:48.348Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21324","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd529ed239a66badebcf
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:42 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:54:32 UTC
Last updated: 07/07/2026, 10:54:40 UTC
Views: 279
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