Microsoft Windows 11 24H2/11 25H2/11 26H1/Server 2025 Media heap-based overflow
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 8.8 | $25k-$100k | 0.67 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows 11 24H2/11 25H2/11 26H1/Server 2025. This affects an unknown part of the component Media. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-58542. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 11 24H2/11 25H2/11 26H1/Server 2025. This affects an unknown code of the component Media. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-58542 since 07/01/2026. The exploitability is told 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 $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/15/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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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
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/01/2026 CVE reserved07/14/2026 VulDB entry created
07/15/2026 Advisory disclosed
07/15/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-58542 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-58542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-378963
Entry
Created: 07/15/2026 01:06Changes: 07/15/2026 01:06 (53)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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