Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver heap-based overflow
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-53149. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver. 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 summary by CVE is:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
The weakness was presented 08/12/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53149. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/22/2025).
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 databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-24319) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1790). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Affected
- Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Microsoft Windows 11
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- Microsoft Windows
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 10
- 10 21H2
- 10 22H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1809
- 11 22H2
- 11 23H2
- 11 24H2
- 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: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒
CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/12/2025 VulDB entry created08/12/2025 Advisory disclosed
08/12/2025 Countermeasure disclosed
11/22/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-53149 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319643
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1790 - Microsoft Windows und Windows Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 08/12/2025 19:40Updated: 11/22/2025 09:25
Changes: 08/12/2025 19:40 (7), 08/12/2025 19:41 (28), 08/12/2025 19:44 (34), 08/18/2025 23:11 (12), 09/06/2025 19:21 (1), 11/22/2025 09:25 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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