CVE-2025-50176 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h2

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-843 — Type Confusion10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h3Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23h2+7 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 12

Description

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/windows< 10.0.20348.3989+2
▶NVDmicrosoft/windows_11_22h2< 10.0.22621.5768
▶NVDmicrosoft/windows_11_23h2< 10.0.22631.5768
▶NVDmicrosoft/windows_11_24h2< 10.0.26100.4851
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_202210.0.20348.0 — 10.0.20348.4052

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
DirectX Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2025-08-12
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GHSA
GHSA-m3h5-fxqj-23wf: Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally↗2025-08-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
DirectX Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2025-08-12
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Bleepingcomputer
Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 107 flaws↗2025-08-12
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Qualys
Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2025 Security Update Review | Qualys↗2025-08-12
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Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities↗2025-08-12
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Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities↗2025-08-12
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Qualys
Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2025 Security Update Review↗2025-08-12
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