CVE-2025-59242
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-59242, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2025-10-14
Last updated on: 2025-10-17
Assigner: Microsoft Corporation
Description
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_10_1507 | to 10.0.10240.21161 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_1507 | to 10.0.10240.21161 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_1607 | to 10.0.14393.8519 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_1607 | to 10.0.14393.8519 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_1809 | to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_1809 | to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_21h2 | to 10.0.19044.6456 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_10_22h2 | to 10.0.19045.6456 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_11_22h2 | to 10.0.22621.6060 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_11_23h2 | to 10.0.22631.6060 (inc) |
| microsoft | windows_11_24h2 | to 10.0.26100.6899 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_11_25h2 | to 10.0.26200.6899 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | * |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | * |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | * |
| microsoft | windows_server_2012 | r2 |
| microsoft | windows_server_2016 | to 10.0.14393.8519 (inc) |
| microsoft | windows_server_2019 | to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_server_2022 | to 10.0.20348.4294 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_server_2022_23h2 | to 10.0.25398.1913 (exc) |
| microsoft | windows_server_2025 | to 10.0.26100.6899 (inc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 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(). |
| CWE-191 | The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. |
