CVE-2025-50176
DirectX Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
DirectX Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-50176- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-843, CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24337
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24337- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m3h5-fxqj-23wf
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an...
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
GHSA-m3h5-fxqj-23wf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Graphics Kernel allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-50176- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-843
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- 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 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
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-2025-50176 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h2, published August 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.