CVE-2026-50433: 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-50433 and classified under CWE-416 (Use After Free), affects Windows Media on Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It allows an attacker with local authorized access to elevate their privileges by exploiting a use-after-free condition. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8, indicating high severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access on the affected system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has provided an official fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the security update available from Microsoft’s advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50433 to remediate this issue.
CVE-2026-50433: 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 7.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-50433 and classified under CWE-416 (Use After Free), affects Windows Media on Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It allows an attacker with local authorized access to elevate their privileges by exploiting a use-after-free condition. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8, indicating high severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher-level access on the affected system. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has provided an official fix for this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the security update available from Microsoft’s advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50433 to remediate this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T18:57:47.375Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50433","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a56769f68715ace43f0945e
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:19 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 14:54:12 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 56
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