CVE-2025-50172

DirectX Graphics Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 6.5
EPSS
EPSS 1.50 % · percentile 74 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.7678
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2affected 10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.6216
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2affected 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.6216
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2affected 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.5768
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.5768
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.5768
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.4946
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.7678
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.7678
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022affected 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.4052
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.25398.0 < 10.0.25398.1791
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.4946
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.4946

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD