Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21298

Critical

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
24 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.7222 98.8th percentile
Risk Priority 63 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21298 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) component. Published on January 14, 2025, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, indicating critical severity with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw is associated with CWE-416 (Use After Free), though additional CWE details are unavailable from NVD.

The vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network without requiring user privileges or interaction. Exploitation is low complexity (AC:L) and accessible from the network (AV:N) with no privileges needed (PR:N) and unchanged scope (S:U), allowing unauthenticated remote exploitation that compromises the targeted system fully.

Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) provides guidance on this vulnerability at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21298, including details on affected versions and recommended patches for mitigation.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-416NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20890 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20890
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7699 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7699
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6775 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6775
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5371
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5371
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4751
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4751
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2894
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+5 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

References