CVE-2025-21291 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 21h2 Windows 10 22h2 Windows 11 22h2 Windows 11 23h2 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2022 23h2

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21291

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 10 21h2 Microsoft windows 10 22h2 Microsoft windows 11 22h2 Microsoft windows 11 23h2 Microsoft windows Server 2019 Microsoft windows Server 2022 Microsoft windows Server 2022 23h2
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows 10 21h2 Microsoft windows 10 22h2 Microsoft windows 11 22h2 Microsoft windows 11 23h2 Microsoft windows Server 2019 Microsoft windows Server 2022 Microsoft windows Server 2022 23h2

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Windows Direct Show Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Title		Windows Direct Show Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-415
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21291
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