CVE-2025-21389: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21389) involves uncontrolled resource consumption in the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host component on Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). An attacker without privileges or user interaction can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting system resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in denial of service (DoS) by exhausting system resources on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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-2025-21389 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21389: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21389) involves uncontrolled resource consumption in the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host component on Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). An attacker without privileges or user interaction can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting system resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in denial of service (DoS) by exhausting system resources on affected Windows 10 Version 1507 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but availability is severely affected. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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-2025-21389 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-11T00:29:48.368Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21389","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd539ed239a66badec53
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:43 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 10:00:17 UTC
Last updated: 07/06/2026, 20:51:16 UTC
Views: 317
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