CVE-2025-21327: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-21327 is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The flaw exists in the Windows Digital Media component and can be exploited to elevate privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.6, indicating a medium severity level with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to read memory outside the intended bounds, potentially leading to elevation of privilege. This could result in full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21327 for update details.
CVE-2025-21327: 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-2025-21327 is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). The flaw exists in the Windows Digital Media component and can be exploited to elevate privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.6, indicating a medium severity level with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with limited privileges to read memory outside the intended bounds, potentially leading to elevation of privilege. This could result in full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0) as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21327 for update details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-11T00:29:48.349Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21327","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd529ed239a66badebd2
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:42 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:54:58 UTC
Last updated: 07/08/2026, 22:28:20 UTC
Views: 222
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