Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Defender Firewall Service out-of-bounds
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 3.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 11 23H2/11 24H2/11 25H2/Server 2022 23H2/Server 2025 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Defender Firewall Service. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-62468. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 11 23H2/11 24H2/11 25H2/Server 2022 23H2/Server 2025. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Defender Firewall Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Defender Firewall Service allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
The weakness was released 12/09/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-62468. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/16/2025).
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-2025-202223). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
Product
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Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 2.3
VulDB Temp Score: 2.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 4.4
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒
CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Microsoft): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/09/2025 VulDB entry created12/09/2025 Advisory disclosed
12/09/2025 Countermeasure disclosed
12/16/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-62468 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-62468
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-335401
EUVD: 🔒
Entry
Created: 12/09/2025 19:07Updated: 12/16/2025 02:17
Changes: 12/09/2025 19:07 (35), 12/09/2025 19:10 (34), 12/10/2025 06:07 (12), 12/13/2025 12:08 (4), 12/16/2025 02:17 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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