CVE-2025-49744
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49744- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-191, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20535
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20535- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gjc4-r27m-w3fg
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-gjc4-r27m-w3fg- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49744- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-191, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- 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 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
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- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- 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 1507
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Graphics Component Windows 11 Pro (Build 26100+) - Local Elevation of Privileges | 2025-07-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-49744 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published July 8, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.