CVE-2026-62774: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Use after free in Windows Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-62774, involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Graphics Kernel component of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). An authorized attacker with local access can exploit this flaw to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.0, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with attack vector local, attack complexity high, and privileges required low. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher system rights. This can lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges escalated. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official patch is available from Microsoft to address this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62774 to remediate this issue.
CVE-2026-62774: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Use after free in Windows Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.0high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-62774, involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Graphics Kernel component of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). An authorized attacker with local access can exploit this flaw to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.0, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with attack vector local, attack complexity high, and privileges required low. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher system rights. This can lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges escalated. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official patch is available from Microsoft to address this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62774 to remediate this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-14T21:04:04.256Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62774","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a7b5815bf8831d539155ed6
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 17:12:53 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 21:43:33 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 03:41:00 UTC
Views: 3
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