Microsoft Windows: Vector Image Parse Stack Overflow in File Preview
CVE-2025-53173 Published on July 7, 2025

Stack overflow risk when vector images are parsed during file preview Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the file preview function.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-53173 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

CVE-2025-53173 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-53173

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Affected Versions

Huawei HarmonyOS:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
9.45%

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.