Aug 2025: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-50168 Published on August 12, 2025
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Win32K - ICOMP allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Types
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-2025-50168 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
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-2025-50168
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2:- Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.5768 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5768 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5768 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.
- Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.1791 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4946 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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.