Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain local low-privilege access
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ExploitInvoke Windows Error Reporting code path
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
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ImpactDisclose adjacent memory contents
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have local, authenticated access to the affected Windows system at low privilege (CVSS PR:L, AV:L) and the ability to invoke or interact with the Windows Error Reporting component so the vulnerable out-of-bounds read code path is reached. No user interaction by a victim is needed (UI:N). Limiting factors: there is no remote vector, valid local credentials or an existing code-execution foothold are prerequisites, and the impact is confined to information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N) - the bug cannot by itself alter data or crash the system, and affected builds are only those below the patched versions listed in the EUVD advisory (e.g., Windows 11 24H2 below 10.0.26100.9711, Server 2022 below 10.0.20348.5761). |
| Impact | This is a genuinely moderate, low-priority issue rather than an urgent threat. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 5.5) describes a local, low-privilege, no-interaction information disclosure with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability effect. All secondary signals agree and reinforce the low-urgency reading: CISA's SSVC framework reports Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, and Technical Impact=partial, which maps to a 'Track' rather than 'Act' disposition. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified in the provided data, so this is not an actively exploited bug. No EPSS score was supplied, so widespread-exploitation probability cannot be quantified from this data. The signals are consistent with one another - a high-CVSS confidentiality label driven by C:H, but gated behind local access and existing low-privilege authentication (PR:L), making it a memory-disclosure primitive rather than a standalone high-risk flaw. Realistically useful mainly as an information-leak component (e.g., defeating ASLR or harvesting memory contents) chained with a separate privilege-escalation or code-execution bug. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already has a low-privileged foothold on a Windows host (e.g., a standard user account or a compromised low-integrity process) triggers the Windows Error Reporting component to perform an out-of-bounds read, leaking adjacent process or kernel memory. The disclosed memory could contain sensitive data or pointers useful for bypassing mitigations like ASLR. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and local access plus valid credentials are required, so this is not remotely exploitable. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
An out-of-bounds read in the Windows Error Reporting (WER) component of affected Windows client and server builds lets an attacker who already holds low-privileged local access on the host read memory beyond the bounds of an allocated buffer, resulting in disclosure of potentially sensitive information from the affected process's address space. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and is classified under CWE-125, meaning the sole impact is confidentiality - the bug cannot by itself modify data or cause a denial of service. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; CISA's SSVC assessment records Exploitation as "none" and Automatable as "no", and CISA KEV does not list this issue. This is a genuinely moderate, low-priority issue rather than an urgent threat: the attack surface is local-only, requires existing authenticated access and the ability to drive the vulnerable code path through WER, and yields information disclosure rather than code execution.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory: Microsoft has published fixes for this CVE, and remediation is to install the current cumulative security update so the affected build reaches or exceeds the fixed build listed in the EUVD advisory for each platform - for example Windows 11 24H2 at 10.0.26100.9711 or later, Windows 11 23H2 at 10.0.22631.7652 or later, Windows 10 21H2/22H2 at 10.0.19044.7807 or later, Windows Server 2022 at 10.0.20348.5761 or later, and Windows Server 2025 at 10.0.26100.33650 or later; consult https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83747 for the complete build-to-platform mapping before scheduling maintenance. Because exploitation is local-only and presupposes an attacker already holding low-privileged code execution, the most effective compensating controls are reducing the number of accounts and processes that can run code locally on sensitive hosts: enforce least privilege so standard users cannot spawn arbitrary processes, restrict interactive logon and RDP access to trusted administrators, and use application control (WDAC/AppLocker) to block untrusted binaries that could invoke Windows Error Reporting with crafted inputs. Organizations that accept the operational cost may disable the Windows Error Reporting service (WerSvc) or apply policy to suppress crash dump and error-report generation, which removes the vulnerable code path's practical reachability but also eliminates crash telemetry used for troubleshooting and incident detection - this trade-off should be evaluated per host tier rather than fleet-wide. Additionally, restrict read access to crash dump directories and review event logs for unexpected WER activity by non-administrative accounts as a detective measure. Note that local, low-privileged access is the prerequisite, so hardening against privilege escalation and credential theft reduces the likelihood that this information-disclosure bug becomes a meaningful step in a larger intrusion chain.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 20 packages in euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is a classic out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in Windows Error Reporting, the built-in Microsoft telemetry and crash-handling subsystem (WerFault.exe / WerSvc and associated fault-reporting APIs) that collects diagnostic data when an application or driver faults. Because the code path reads past the end of an allocated buffer, adjacent memory can be returned as part of the error/crash reporting flow, which an attacker with local code execution could inspect. The root-cause class is a missing or insufficient bounds check on a length or index value before a read operation - a memory-safety defect, not a logic or authentication bypass. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N confirms the local attack vector, low attack complexity, privileges required at the low level (PR:L), no victim interaction, and impact limited to high confidentiality loss with no integrity or availability effect. Affected builds span the entire currently supported Windows client and server line per the EUVD advisory (EUVD-2026-99975), covering Windows 10 1607 through 22H2, Windows 11 23H2 through 26H2, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025, including Server Core installations. No CPE strings were supplied with this record, so product enumeration relies on the EUVD version ranges, and no vendor-supplied CPE mapping was available to further narrow the component level.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local-only Windows component reachable by an authenticated low-privilege user without interaction, yielding pure memory disclosure, so AV:L/PR:L/UI:N with C:H and I/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-99975
GHSA-pgqp-pq76-4h2v
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB