CVE-2025-50172
DirectX Graphics Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
DirectX Graphics Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-50172- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24339
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24339- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c4g-4jgx-9qwp
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized...
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
GHSA-6c4g-4jgx-9qwp- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows DirectX allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- Record
CVE-2025-50172- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- 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 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
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-2025-50172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, published August 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.