CVE-2025-21179
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21179- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2259
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2025-2259- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rmg9-p599-jx65
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-rmg9-p599-jx65- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21179- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-21179 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published February 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.