May 2026: Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-34333 Published on May 12, 2026
Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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-2026-34333 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. An integer overflow or wraparound occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may wrap to become a very small or negative number. While this may be intended behavior in circumstances that rely on wrapping, it can have security consequences if the wrap is unexpected. This is especially the case if the integer overflow can be triggered using user-supplied inputs. This becomes security-critical when the result is used to control looping, make a security decision, or determine the offset or size in behaviors such as memory allocation, copying, concatenation, etc.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-34333
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9140 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8755 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.7291 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.7291 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7079 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.7079 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.8457 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.8457 is affected.
- Version 10.0.28000.0 and below 10.0.28000.2113 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26079 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.26079 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23181 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.23181 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9140 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.9140 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8755 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.8755 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.5139 is affected.
- Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.2330 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32860 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.32860 is affected.