PT-2025-1174 · Microsoft · Windows Digital Media+1

Zhihua Wen · Published 2025-01-14 · Updated 2025-09-18 · CVE-2025-21228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Digital Media (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege in Windows Digital Media, which can be exploited to gain system-level privileges. It involves a memory reading issue beyond the allowed range.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00456

CVE-2025-21228

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Digital Media

References · 7

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-21228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00456 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21228 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21228 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/Cezar_H_Linux/status/1968677331389518233 · Twitter Post