PT-2025-42048 · Microsoft · Windows Directx+1

Published 2025-10-14 · Updated 2025-10-17 · CVE-2025-55698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description A null pointer dereference exists in Windows DirectX. This allows an authorized attacker to cause a denial of service over a network.

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

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-13223

CVE-2025-55698

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Directx

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55698 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-55698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-13223 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55698 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-55698 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/TechTal3s/status/1978982890059755945 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1978171207553053037 · Twitter Post