Aug 2025: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-50161 Published on August 12, 2025

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Products Associated with CVE-2025-50161

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows 11 24h2

Microsoft Windows 10 1507

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2

Microsoft Windows Server 23h2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Sp2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507:

Version 10.0.10240.0 and below 10.0.10240.21100 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8330 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7678 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2:

Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.6216 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2:

Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.6216 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2:

Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.5768 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5768 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5768 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2:

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1:

Version 6.1.7601.0 and below 6.1.7601.27872 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation):

Version 6.1.7601.0 and below 6.1.7601.27872 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2:

Version 6.0.6003.0 and below 6.0.6003.23471 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation):

Version 6.0.6003.0 and below 6.0.6003.23471 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012:

Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.25622 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation):

Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.25622 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2:

Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.22725 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation):

Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.22725 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016:

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8330 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8330 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7678 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7678 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022:

Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.4052 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.1791 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2025:

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.07%

Percentile

22.07%