Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 up to Server 2022 23H2 Routing/Remote Access Service heap-based overflow
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Routing/Remote Access Service. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-49673. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Routing/Remote Access Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 07/08/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49673. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2025).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20574). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
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Vendor
Name
Version
- Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Server 2008 SP2
- Server 2012
- Server 2012 R2
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
- Server 2022 23H2
- Server 2025
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.7
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 8.8
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/08/2025 VulDB entry created07/08/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 Countermeasure disclosed
07/12/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-49673 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-49673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315503
EUVD: 🔒
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
Entry
Created: 07/08/2025 19:35Updated: 07/12/2025 13:58
Changes: 07/08/2025 19:35 (35), 07/08/2025 19:38 (34), 07/12/2025 13:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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