CVE-2026-50358: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50358) involves a use-after-free condition in Windows Media on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with low privileges and no user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected system. This could result in full control over the system, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected Windows 10 Version 1607 system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided security update as soon as possible to remediate the issue. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50358 for detailed patch information and deployment guidance.
CVE-2026-50358: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50358) involves a use-after-free condition in Windows Media on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with low privileges and no user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to elevation of privileges, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected system. This could result in full control over the system, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected Windows 10 Version 1607 system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the provided security update as soon as possible to remediate the issue. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50358 for detailed patch information and deployment guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T18:48:26.815Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50358","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a56769368715ace43f08d1e
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:07 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 14:39:13 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 11:04:21 UTC
Views: 73
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