CVE-2025-53149
Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.8
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.76 % · percentile 55 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-24319
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-53149
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0687 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.10240.21100cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.10240.21100cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.14393.8330cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.14393.8330cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.17763.7678cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.17763.7678cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.19044.6216cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.19045.6216cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.22621.5768cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.22631.5768cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.26100.4851cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.14393.8330cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.17763.7678cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.20348.3989cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.25398.1791cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.26100.4851
Affected products
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53149
- https://www.crowdfense.com/cve-2025-53149-windows-ksthunk-heap-overflow/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |