CVE-2025-21224
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21224- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-591, CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2291
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2025-2291- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v4f3-8wwc-j9x2
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-v4f3-8wwc-j9x2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-21224- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-591
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
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-2025-21224 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published January 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21224
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21224-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-windows-line-printer-daemon-service-mitigation-script
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21224
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v4f3-8wwc-j9x2