Oct 2025: Xbox IStorageService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-53768 Published on October 14, 2025

Xbox IStorageService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Xbox allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Types

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-53768 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.

What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

CVE-2025-53768 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2025-53768

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Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 11 25h2

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

Microsoft Windows 11 24h2

Microsoft Windows 10 1507

Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507:

Version 10.0.10240.0 and below 10.0.10240.21161 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8519 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7919 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2:

Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.6456 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2:

Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.6456 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2:

Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.6060 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.6060 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.6060 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2:

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.6899 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2:

Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.6899 is affected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.04%

Percentile

12.11%

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.