May 2025: Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
CVE-2025-30397 Published on May 13, 2025

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Scripting Engine allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine Type Confusion Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Scripting Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network via a specially crafted URL.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 3, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Type

What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

CVE-2025-30397 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-30397

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2: Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2: Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3: Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2: Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2012: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2016: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2019: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2022: Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation): Microsoft Windows Server 2025: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation):

Exploit Probability

EPSS
21.27%
Percentile
95.59%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.