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Denial of Service

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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

How It Works

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions. Attackers exploit asymmetry: minimal attacker effort produces disproportionate resource consumption on the target. Application-level attacks use specially crafted inputs that trigger expensive operations—a regex engine processing malicious patterns can backtrack exponentially, or XML parsers recursively expand entities until memory exhausts. Network-level attacks flood targets with connection requests or amplify traffic through reflection, but application vulnerabilities often provide the most efficient attack surface.

The attack typically begins with reconnaissance to identify resource-intensive operations or unprotected endpoints. For algorithmic complexity attacks, adversaries craft inputs hitting worst-case performance—hash collision inputs filling hash tables with collisions, deeply nested JSON triggering recursive parsing, or pathological regex patterns like (a+)+b against strings of repeated 'a' characters. Resource exhaustion attacks open thousands of connections, upload massive files to unbounded storage, or trigger memory leaks through repeated operations. Crash-based attacks target error handling gaps: null pointer dereferences, unhandled exceptions in parsers, or assertion failures that terminate processes.

Impact

  • Service unavailability preventing legitimate users from accessing applications during attack duration
  • Revenue loss from downtime in e-commerce, SaaS platforms, or transaction processing systems
  • Cascading failures as resource exhaustion spreads to dependent services or database connections pool out
  • SLA violations triggering financial penalties and damaging customer trust
  • Security team distraction providing cover for data exfiltration or intrusion attempts running concurrently

Real-World Examples

CVE-2018-1000544 in Ruby's WEBrick server allowed ReDoS through malicious HTTP headers containing specially crafted patterns that caused the regex engine to backtrack exponentially, freezing request processing threads. A single attacker could saturate all available workers.

Cloudflare experienced a global outage in 2019 when a single WAF rule containing an unoptimized regex hit pathological cases on legitimate traffic spikes. The .*(?:.*=.*)* pattern exhibited catastrophic backtracking, consuming CPU cycles across their edge network until the rule was disabled.

CVE-2013-1664 demonstrated XML bomb vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. Attackers uploaded XML documents with nested entity definitions-each entity expanding to ten copies of the previous level. A 1KB upload could expand to gigabytes in memory during parsing, crashing applications instantly.

Mitigation

  • Strict input validation enforcing size limits, complexity bounds, and nesting depth restrictions before processing
  • Request rate limiting per IP address, API key, or user session with exponential backoff
  • Timeout enforcement terminating operations exceeding reasonable execution windows (typically 1-5 seconds)
  • Resource quotas limiting memory allocation, CPU time, and connection counts per request or tenant
  • Regex complexity analysis using linear-time algorithms or sanitizing patterns to eliminate backtracking
  • Circuit breakers automatically rejecting requests when error rates or latency thresholds indicate degradation
  • Load balancing and autoscaling distributing traffic across instances with automatic capacity expansion

Recent CVEs (39714)

EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in the ws WebSocket library for Node.js (versions before 8.21.1) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server heap memory by opening fragmented messages that are never completed. Because the fragment guard in lib/receiver.js only fires when the fragment count reaches maxFragments, an attacker can stream continuation frames (starting with a text frame carrying FIN=0) indefinitely, and each fragment is retained as a separate Buffer with per-object overhead until the process runs out of memory. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the flaw was disclosed by VulnCheck with a vendor patch already available.

Denial Of Service Ws Websockets
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in F5 NGINX Ingress Controller allows an authenticated remote attacker holding write access to Ingress or TransportServer resources to crash the control plane by submitting a malformed resource. Because the offending resource persists in the cluster, the controller re-reads it and re-crashes, producing a durable crash loop rather than a one-time outage. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and impact is confined to the control plane with no data plane or confidentiality/integrity exposure.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Nginx +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Memory-exhaustion denial of service in F5 BIG-IP affects any virtual server configured with an HTTP/2 profile, where a remote unauthenticated attacker sends undisclosed crafted requests that drive Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) memory consumption upward until TMM restarts. This is a data-plane-only issue with no control-plane exposure, and it also impacts the BIG-IP Next family (Kubernetes, SPK, CNF). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the vendor rates it CVSS 4.0 8.7 (High).

Denial Of Service Big Ip Next For Kubernetes Big Ip +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.7
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps (Argo CD operator) lets a tenant who controls a namespace-scoped Argo CD instance delete a ClusterRole belonging to a cluster-scoped Argo CD instance by crafting a name collision. Because the ClusterRole reconciler skips ownership validation (CWE-862), a low-privileged tenant can disrupt a higher-privileged, cluster-wide GitOps instance across the trust boundary. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the cross-tenant scope change makes it a meaningful multi-tenancy integrity concern.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Red Hat +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

SQL injection in Apache Fineract's Office Search API (GET /api/v1/offices) in all versions up to and including 1.14.0 lets an authenticated user who holds the office-view permission inject arbitrary SQL through the orderBy request parameter. Because it bypasses the ColumnValidator hardening added for CVE-2024-32838, an attacker can run time-based blind SQL injection to exfiltrate database contents and, by launching concurrent injections that hold connections open, exhaust the database connection pool to cause denial of service. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the flaw is documented via an oss-security advisory and an upstream fix pull request (apache/fineract #6048).

Denial Of Service Apache SQLi +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

Local information disclosure and denial of service in the ASUS System Control Interface driver (v3 and earlier) and ASUS Business Manager lets a user already holding local administrator rights issue crafted IOCTL requests to read leftover sensitive data from kernel/driver buffers and, in severe cases, exhaust unthrottled resources to crash the host. The flaw stems from missing resource limits (CWE-770) combined with reuse of memory that still contains prior sensitive contents. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; ASUS self-reported and issued an advisory.

Denial Of Service Business Manager System Control Interface +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Remote denial of service in EMQ NanoMQ 0.24.9 lets an unauthenticated network attacker exhaust broker resources through the nni_qos_db_set function in the broker_tcp.c TCP-handling component, degrading or crashing the MQTT broker (CVSS 7.5, availability-only). Publicly available exploit/research code exists in a memory-leak research repository, but there is no public evidence of active exploitation and EPSS estimates a low 0.29% (21st percentile) exploitation probability. The flaw is a CWE-400 uncontrolled-resource-consumption / memory-leak issue rather than a code-execution or data-disclosure bug.

Denial Of Service N A
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Remote code execution or permanent denial of service in the Tenda AC10 v3 SOHO router (firmware V03.03.16.09) stems from a classic buffer overflow reachable through the /cgi-bin/UploadCfg web endpoint. Attackers who can reach the router's management interface can send oversized crafted input to crash the device permanently or potentially run arbitrary code on it. Proof-of-concept material appears to be published on GitHub, though this is not listed in CISA KEV and carries a low EPSS score of 0.17% (7th percentile), indicating no confirmed widespread exploitation yet.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Tenda +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial-of-service in Adobe's C2PA / Content Credentials SDKs allows a remote attacker to crash any application built on the c2pa Rust SDK (≤0.84.0), the c2patool command-line utility (≤0.16.5), or the @contentauth/c2pa-web JavaScript SDK (≤0.7.0) by supplying malformed input that the library fails to validate. Because exploitation requires no authentication and no user interaction, an application that ingests attacker-controlled assets or manifests can be reliably knocked offline. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the low EPSS (0.41%) with CISA SSVC exploitation status of 'none' indicates no observed activity yet, though the flaw is assessed as automatable.

Denial Of Service Adobe C2Pa +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial-of-service in Adobe's Content Credentials (C2PA) SDK ecosystem lets a remote attacker crash any application that ingests attacker-supplied C2PA-signed assets. The flaw stems from improper input validation (CWE-20) in the Rust c2pa SDK, the @contentauth/c2pa-web JS SDK, and the c2patool command-line utility; exploitation requires no user interaction and no authentication (CVSS 7.5, A:H). No public exploit code has been identified and it is not in CISA KEV, though CISA's SSVC framework flags it as automatable, meaning a working exploit could be scaled easily.

Denial Of Service Adobe C2Pa +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial-of-service via resource exhaustion affects the Twig templating engine for PHP prior to 3.26.0, where the sandbox - even under its strictest allow-list - does not bound CPU, memory, or wall-clock consumption of a rendered template. Any application that renders untrusted or user-supplied templates can be forced to exhaust host resources through large ranges, nested loops, recursive macros, or expensive filters. There is no public exploit identified and it is not in CISA KEV; EPSS is low (0.33%), and the vendor's 3.26.0 'fix' only documents the limitation rather than adding a code-level control.

Denial Of Service Symfony Twig
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Denial of service in the Netty netty-codec-stomp module (versions 4.1.x up to 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.0.Alpha1 through 4.2.15.Final) allows a remote attacker to trigger an OutOfMemoryError and crash the JVM. The StompSubframeDecoder caps individual header line length via maxLineLength but never bounds the total header count or cumulative header size, so a single STOMP frame packed with thousands of short headers exhausts heap memory. Publicly available exploit code exists (a working client/server PoC is published in the GitHub Security Advisory), but there is no public evidence of active exploitation; EPSS/KEV signals are not present in the input.

Denial Of Service Java Red Hat +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free in Google Chrome's UI component on Linux (versions prior to 150.0.7871.125) lets a remote attacker trigger heap corruption through a crafted HTML page, but only after luring the victim into performing specific UI gestures. Rated High severity by Chromium and CVSS 7.5, the flaw carries full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact and could lead to code execution inside the renderer, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC records exploitation status as none. EPSS is low (0.29%, 21st percentile), consistent with the high attack complexity and required user interaction.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome desktop and ChromeOS builds prior to 150.0.7871.125 stems from a use-after-free in the Skia graphics library, allowing a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Google rates this High severity; SSVC technical impact is 'total' with a scope change (S:C), but exploitation is not observed (no public exploit identified at time of analysis) and EPSS is low at 0.24%. A vendor patch is available.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Windows (versions prior to 150.0.7871.125) stems from a use-after-free in the browser's Core component, letting a remote attacker who lures a user to a crafted HTML page corrupt memory and potentially break out of the renderer sandbox. The flaw is rated High by Chromium and carries a 9.6 CVSS due to scope change and full CIA impact, though it requires user interaction (visiting the page). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA's SSVC framework marks exploitation as none, with a low EPSS probability of 0.26%.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome for Android (versions prior to 150.0.7871.125) stems from a use-after-free in the GPU process, allowing an attacker who has already compromised the renderer to break out of the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Rated High by Chromium with a CVSS of 8.3, it carries a scope-changing, total-impact profile but is gated by prior renderer compromise, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS is low (0.24%, 16th percentile) and CISA SSVC records exploitation status as none.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Ozone graphics/windowing layer (versions prior to 150.0.7871.125) lets a remote attacker who lures a victim to a crafted HTML page and coaxes them into specific UI gestures trigger a use-after-free with total technical impact. Chromium rates the underlying bug Critical, though the CVSS is 7.5 because exploitation hinges on user interaction and high attack complexity. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS risk is low (0.30%, 22nd percentile), and CISA SSVC records exploitation status as none.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Ozone component on Linux (versions prior to 150.0.7871.125) allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code within the browser process after luring a victim to a crafted HTML page and coaxing them into specific UI gestures. Chromium rated the flaw Critical severity, though its practical exploitability is tempered by the required user interaction and high attack complexity. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA's SSVC framework records exploitation status as 'none'.

Denial Of Service Google Use After Free +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Missing authentication in NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM for Linux lets an attacker reach the disaggregated orchestrator's FastAPI server directly and read, write, or delete internal cluster state, resulting in information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service. The flaw (CWE-306) affects the orchestration layer that coordinates disaggregated prefill/decode inference workers. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.3 with a local attack vector despite the request-based nature of the issue.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH This Week

Memory corruption in NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM allows an attacker with local access to trigger a write-what-where primitive (CWE-123), enabling arbitrary memory writes that can corrupt data, crash the inference service, or leak sensitive information. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.4 (High) score with a local attack vector and high attack complexity, and affects the TensorRT-LLM library used to build and serve optimized large-language-model inference on NVIDIA GPUs. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Nvidia +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow in NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM's tensor deserialization path lets an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted serialized tensor, potentially causing information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service. All platforms running affected TensorRT-LLM versions are impacted. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; NVIDIA rates exploitation as high-complexity (AC:H).

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Local privilege-context deserialization in NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM lets an attacker who already has same-user access to a host running the inference stack abuse its inter-process communication layer to trigger unsafe object deserialization (CWE-502), potentially yielding code execution, information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service. The flaw is vendor-reported by NVIDIA and carries a CVSS 3.1 base of 7.8 (AV:L), meaning it is not remotely reachable but converts existing local access into full compromise of the model-serving process. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

RCE Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server on Linux allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust host memory by triggering a memory leak (CWE-401, missing release of memory after effective lifetime), degrading or crashing the inference service. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, A:H) indicates trivial network-reachable exploitation with no authentication and high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity exposure. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Triton Inference Server Nvidia
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server on Linux allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the service by triggering an uncaught exception (CWE-248), taking the model-serving endpoint offline. The flaw carries CVSS 7.5 with a pure availability impact (C:N/I:N/A:H) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; it was reported by NVIDIA itself. No confidentiality or integrity compromise is involved — the sole consequence is loss of inference availability.

Denial Of Service Triton Inference Server Nvidia
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux lets remote unauthenticated attackers exhaust server resources (CWE-400 uncontrolled resource consumption) and render the AI/ML inference endpoint unavailable, with no impact to confidentiality or integrity. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/A:H), reflecting network-reachable, low-complexity, no-privilege exploitation. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; no EPSS score was provided in the input.

Denial Of Service Triton Inference Server Nvidia
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to disrupt availability by triggering use of an expired (stale) file descriptor. The flaw impacts availability only (no data exposure or code execution) and, per CVSS PR:N/UI:N, requires no authentication or user interaction. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; no EPSS score was provided in the input.

Denial Of Service Triton Inference Server Nvidia
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Remote denial of service in libsoup, the GNOME HTTP client/server library, allows unauthenticated attackers to crash any application using libsoup's WebSocket support by sending a single malformed control frame. The parser fails to enforce RFC 6455's 125-byte limit on PING/PONG/CLOSE control frames and mishandles the oversized payload instead of cleanly closing the connection, causing an internal processing crash. Red Hat reports the flaw across RHEL 6 through 10; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and no EPSS score was provided.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux stems from a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) reachable by remote, unauthenticated attackers over the network. Per the CVSS 3.1 vector, exploitation requires no privileges or user interaction and impacts only availability (A:H), with no confidentiality or integrity effect. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV; no EPSS score was provided in the input.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Stack Overflow +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger uncontrolled resource consumption, exhausting server resources and rendering the model-serving endpoint unavailable. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.5 with a pure availability impact and no confidentiality or integrity effect; it was reported by NVIDIA, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. No special access is required, but the concrete resource-exhaustion trigger is not detailed in the available data.

Denial Of Service Triton Inference Server Nvidia
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in libsoup's WebSocket permessage-deflate implementation lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash applications by sending a small, highly compressed 'decompression bomb' that expands without bound during inflation, exhausting memory and triggering an Out-of-Memory kill. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10 ship the affected libsoup HTTP/WebSocket library, and client connections are especially exposed because the decompressed-size guard (max_total_message_size) is disabled by default for clients. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and this CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Network denial of service in Microsoft .NET 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 (and the corresponding Visual Studio 2022/2026 tooling) allows an unauthorized remote attacker to exhaust system resources and render affected applications unavailable. The flaw stems from allocation of resources without limits or throttling, meaning a single crafted network interaction can trigger disproportionate resource consumption. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Red Hat +7
NVD GitHub VulDB HeroDevs
CVSS 7.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Arbitrary file write in yutu, a Go-based YouTube CLI and MCP server, lets any caller of the built-in `caption-download` MCP tool place attacker-controlled bytes at any filesystem path the yutu process can write to. The vulnerable `Caption.Download()` calls `os.Create()` on the caller-supplied `file` parameter, bypassing the `YUTU_ROOT` (`pkg.Root`/`os.OpenRoot`) confinement that every other caption write path enforces. Publicly available exploit code exists (a self-contained Docker PoC ships with the advisory); the flaw is not in CISA KEV and no active exploitation is reported, and the vendor has released a fixed version (0.10.9-dev1).

RCE Denial Of Service Python +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Denial of service in Microsoft .NET (including .NET 8.0/9.0/10.0 and .NET Framework 3.5 through 4.8.1) lets a remote unauthenticated attacker exhaust server resources by sending crafted network traffic that triggers unbounded resource allocation. Rated CVSS 7.5 with availability-only impact, it affects default configurations of network-facing .NET applications; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Red Hat +13
NVD VulDB HeroDevs
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Network-based denial of service in Microsoft .NET 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust server resources and render applications unresponsive by exploiting uncontrolled resource allocation (CWE-770) in the runtime. The flaw carries CVSS 7.5 (availability-only impact) and affects the shared .NET runtime that underpins ASP.NET Core web services, so any internet-facing .NET workload is exposed. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has released a fix.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Red Hat +7
NVD VulDB GitHub HeroDevs
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Denial of service in Microsoft .NET (versions 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0) and the legacy .NET Framework (3.5 through 4.8.1) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to exhaust server resources over the network, causing availability loss. The flaw stems from missing limits or throttling on resource allocation (CWE-770), and Microsoft has released a patch via MSRC. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS/KEV data were not supplied, so this appears to be a proactively patched issue rather than one under active exploitation.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Red Hat +13
NVD VulDB HeroDevs
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Arbitrary file write in Anyquery Server Mode (versions < 0.4.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write files to any path the process can access by abusing SQLite's native ATTACH DATABASE command exposed over the MySQL-compatible listener. Because the server blindly proxies SQL to the underlying SQLite engine, an attacker can create files such as cron jobs, PHP web shells, or SSH authorized_keys and escalate the file write into remote code execution or denial of service. A working step-by-step proof-of-concept is published in the vendor's GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xrcf-6jh3-ggvx); there is no CISA KEV entry and no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation at time of analysis.

PHP RCE Denial Of Service +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in Open5GS (open-source 5G/EPC core) through version 2.7.7 lets remote unauthenticated attackers crash the AMF by sending a malformed NAS 5GS mobile-identity information element, triggering a heap out-of-bounds read before authentication completes. Because the AMF handles mobility management for the entire network, a single crafted pre-authentication message can produce a subscriber-wide outage rather than affecting only the sender. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV, but the pre-auth network-reachable nature makes it a high-priority availability issue for anyone running Open5GS in production.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Unauthenticated remote denial of service in StacklokLabs MKP (Model Context Protocol for Kubernetes) server versions before 0.4.1 lets a single crafted `tools/call` request against the default `:8080` endpoint exhaust process memory. The `get_resource` tool accepts attacker-controlled `limitBytes`/`tailLines` values with no upper bound and streams the entire Kubernetes pod-log response into an in-memory `bytes.Buffer`, driving an OOM kill (dynamic reproduction grew RSS from 25.8 MB to 1,179.3 MB on one request). Publicly available exploit code exists in the GitHub Security Advisory; there is no public evidence of active exploitation.

Denial Of Service Python Docker +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in Hoverfly's Diff mode (versions ≤ 1.12.7) lets any client with proxy access crash the entire process by sending concurrent requests. The `AddDiff()` function writes to the shared `responsesDiff` map without a mutex, so simultaneous proxy requests - the normal case for a proxy - trigger Go's built-in concurrent-map detector, producing an unrecoverable `fatal error: concurrent map read and map write` that kills the process. Publicly available exploit code exists (a working POC is embedded in the GitHub advisory), though there is no public exploit identified as actively used in the wild and no KEV listing.

Denial Of Service Apple Race Condition
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Client-Side Caching (CSC) Service, driven by a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw affecting Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2012 through 2025. An authorized attacker who already holds low-level privileges (PR:L) on the host can trigger the freed-object reuse to gain elevated, likely SYSTEM-level, privileges. The issue was reported by Microsoft with a patch available; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows 11 (version 26H1) Desktop Window Manager (DWM) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM-level control by exploiting a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw. Reported by Microsoft and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8, the flaw grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact once triggered locally. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but DWM EoP bugs are a historically favored post-compromise primitive.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) component of Windows 11 version 26H1 allows an authenticated local attacker to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free memory corruption condition. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/PR:L) confirms an already-authenticated low-privileged user is required, and full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability follows successful exploitation. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Win32K kernel-mode subsystem allows an authenticated attacker to elevate to SYSTEM by exploiting a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of supported Windows client and server releases (Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2016 through 2025). Reported by Microsoft with a patch available; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +15
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows DirectX graphics subsystem allows an authenticated attacker with low privileges to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012 through Server 2025. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.0 (High), tempered by high attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +20
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in the Microsoft Windows DHCP Server role allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to exhaust server resources and knock the service offline over the network. The flaw affects a broad range of supported Windows Server releases (2012 through 2025, including Server Core installations) and carries a CVSS 7.5 rating driven entirely by availability impact. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Windows Server 2012 +12
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution in Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) allows an authenticated network attacker to run arbitrary code by triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of currently-supported Windows client and server builds - Windows 10 21H2/22H2, Windows 11 24H2/25H2/26H1, and Windows Server 2022/2025 (including Server Core). It was reported by Microsoft with a CVSS 8.8 rating; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the network vector combined with only low-privilege requirements makes it a strong patch priority.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Sensor Data Service arises from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption flaw that an already-authenticated attacker can trigger to run code at higher privilege. It affects a broad range of client and server builds (Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2016 through 2025). Reported by Microsoft with a patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS:3.1 score is 7.0 (High).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +15
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) lets an authenticated low-privileged user corrupt kernel memory to gain SYSTEM-level control. The flaw is a use-after-free (CWE-416) affecting a broad range of Windows client and server builds from Windows 10 1809 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2019-2025. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows Management Services lets a low-privileged local user corrupt memory through a use-after-free (CWE-416) and gain higher privileges on Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025. A successful exploit yields high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, but the CVSS vector marks high attack complexity, reflecting the race-condition timing typically needed to win a use-after-free. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free memory corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of Windows client and server releases (Windows 10 1809 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2019 through 2025) and was reported by Microsoft. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft's NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll), the driver behind Internet Connection Sharing and NAT translation on Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025. An authenticated attacker who already has low-privilege access can exploit a use-after-free memory corruption bug to run code at higher privilege (SYSTEM). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but Microsoft has released a patch.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) lets an already-authenticated user execute code in kernel context and gain SYSTEM-level rights, affecting a broad Windows client and server range from Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 25H2/26H1 and Server 2025. The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free that yields total technical impact (C:H/I:H/A:H). Microsoft has shipped a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA's SSVC framework lists exploitation as none, with a low EPSS of 0.25% (16th percentile).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL PATCH Exploit Unlikely Act Now

Elevation of privilege in the Windows Hyper-V virtual network switch (VMSwitch) lets an authenticated attacker operating from a guest partition corrupt kernel memory via a use-after-free and gain higher privileges, with a scope change (S:C) indicating a guest-to-host escape. Rated CVSS 9.9 and affecting a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012 through 2025, this issue was reported by Microsoft and has a vendor patch available. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Remote code execution in the Windows SMB Server Network Transport driver (srvnet.sys) allows unauthenticated network attackers to run arbitrary code by triggering a use-after-free condition, affecting a broad range of Windows client and server releases from Windows 10 1607 and Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Server 2025. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N (9.8 Critical), exploitation needs no authentication or user interaction, giving this the structural profile of a wormable SMB flaw similar to prior srvnet.sys issues. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC lists exploitation as 'none', with a modest EPSS of 0.57% (43rd percentile).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authenticated attacker to elevate to SYSTEM by exploiting a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption condition, spanning Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2016 through 2025. Reported by Microsoft with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N), the flaw grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the local system. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; a vendor patch is available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +15
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel (CWE-416 use-after-free) lets an already-authenticated low-privilege user corrupt kernel memory and gain SYSTEM-level control across a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2016 through 2025 builds. Microsoft self-reported the flaw and has shipped a patch through the Update Guide; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV. With CVSS 7.8 (AV:L/PR:L) it is a classic Patch-Tuesday local EoP suitable as a second-stage primitive after initial access.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +15
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows MIDI Service Module on Windows 11 (versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1) allows an already-authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to higher privileges by triggering a use-after-free memory-corruption condition (CWE-416). Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch already available; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC records exploitation status as none. EPSS is low at 0.25% (16th percentile), consistent with a locally-exploitable EoP that is not yet weaponized.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows MIDI Service Module affects Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1, where a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw lets an already-authenticated local user elevate to higher privileges. Exploitation requires winning a race condition (high attack complexity), and Microsoft has released a fix; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Rated CVSS 7.0 with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact once triggered.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege elevation in the Windows WebView component affects a broad range of currently-supported Windows client and server builds (Windows 10 1809 through Windows 11 26H1, and Windows Server 2019/2022/2025). By triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition, an already-authenticated low-privilege attacker can execute code in a higher-privilege context, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the local system. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +13
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) lets an already-authenticated user on affected Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems corrupt memory via a use-after-free (CWE-416) and run code at elevated privilege. The flaw was reported by Microsoft and is patched; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS estimates a low 0.25% (16th percentile) exploitation probability. Impact is total (high confidentiality, integrity, and availability) but requires prior local access.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Arbitrary code execution in Microsoft Office Excel arises from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw affecting Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021/2024, Office for Mac, and Office Online Server. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/UI:R) makes this a user-interaction-dependent, locally-scoped issue: a victim must open a maliciously crafted Excel workbook, after which the attacker gains code execution in the user's security context. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but a vendor patch is available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Act Now

Local code execution in Microsoft Office Word (CWE-416 use-after-free) allows an unauthorized attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user when a victim opens a maliciously crafted document. The flaw affects a broad Office footprint including Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021/2024 (Windows and Mac), and related SharePoint Server products that process Word documents. Microsoft has released a patch; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and neither KEV nor EPSS/POC signals were provided in the input.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely Act Now

Local code execution in Microsoft Office Word (across Microsoft 365 Apps, Office 2019/LTSC 2021/2024, Office for Mac, and Word 2016) allows an attacker to run arbitrary code by exploiting a use-after-free memory corruption flaw when a victim opens a maliciously crafted document. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 with a local attack vector requiring user interaction; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV. Microsoft, which reported the issue itself, has released a patch.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local code execution in Microsoft Office (2016, 2019, LTSC 2021/2024, Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, and Office for Mac) stems from a use-after-free memory corruption (CWE-416) that an attacker triggers when a victim opens a maliciously crafted document. Rated CVSS 7.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, exploitation requires user interaction but no prior authentication, letting an attacker run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but Microsoft has released a fix, so patching should be prioritized during the normal Patch Tuesday cycle.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local code execution in Microsoft Office (2016, 2019, LTSC 2021/2024, Microsoft 365 Apps, and Office for Mac 2021/2024) arises from a use-after-free memory corruption flaw that an attacker triggers by convincing a user to open a maliciously crafted Office document. Successful exploitation runs arbitrary code in the context of the current user, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the host. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has published a patch via MSRC.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local code execution in Microsoft Office (2016, 2019, LTSC 2021/2024, Microsoft 365 Apps, and the macOS editions) arises from a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw (CWE-416) that lets an attacker run arbitrary code in the context of the current user after the victim opens a maliciously crafted document. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires user interaction. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but a vendor patch is available via MSRC.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local code execution in Microsoft Office Excel (across Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021/2024, and their macOS equivalents) arises from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw triggered when a user opens a maliciously crafted spreadsheet. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) indicates an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact but requires the victim to open a file, making it a classic phishing-delivered client-side bug. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, though Excel memory-corruption bugs are historically attractive targets.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local code execution in Microsoft Office (including Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Office 2016/2019, and Office LTSC 2021/2024) stems from a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw (CWE-416). An attacker who convinces a user to open a specially crafted Office document can execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, gaining full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Exploitation requires user interaction (opening a malicious file) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH POC PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local code execution in the Windows DHCP Client service stems from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw affecting a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server releases (Server 2012 through Server 2025). Per the CVSS vector an unauthenticated attacker with local access can achieve high-impact code execution with no user interaction. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has released a patch through the MSRC update guide.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Clipboard Server (Cliprdr/RDP clipboard virtual channel service) affects a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds (from 1809 through 11 26H1 and Server 2025). An authenticated local attacker who can trigger a use-after-free (CWE-416) in the service can corrupt memory to run code at elevated (SYSTEM-level) privilege. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; Microsoft has released a patch.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel affects Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025, where a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw lets an already-authenticated local user execute code with SYSTEM-level privileges. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA SSVC records exploitation as none; the low EPSS score (0.32%, 24th percentile) reflects the absence of observed exploitation, though the total technical impact makes it a valuable second-stage escalation primitive. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authenticated attacker to gain SYSTEM-level control by exploiting a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of Windows client and server builds - from Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012 through Server 2025 - and was reported by Microsoft with a patch available. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and it is not listed in CISA KEV; the CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Media (a component shipping in Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1) lets an authenticated local attacker execute code at elevated privilege by triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available, it carries CVSS 7.8 (High) and can yield full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the host. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows USB Print Driver (usbprint) affects Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025, where a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw lets an already-authenticated local user execute code with elevated (SYSTEM-level) privileges. Reported by Microsoft with a vendor patch available and an SSVC 'total' technical-impact rating, it currently has no public exploit and a low EPSS score (0.25%, 16th percentile), indicating no observed exploitation to date. The bug requires an existing low-privilege foothold on the machine, making it a post-compromise escalation primitive rather than an initial-access vector.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel lets an authenticated attacker gain elevated (SYSTEM-level) privileges by triggering a NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476) in kernel-mode code. The flaw affects a broad range of client and server builds from Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2025. Reported by Microsoft with a patch available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft +18
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows NTFS (New Technology File System) driver lets an already-authenticated low-privileged user corrupt kernel memory via a use-after-free (CWE-416) and elevate to SYSTEM. The flaw affects a broad Windows client and server matrix (Windows 10 1809 through Windows 11 26H1, Windows Server 2019/2022/2025). It has no public exploit identified at time of analysis and is not on CISA KEV, but as a Microsoft-reported, patched NTFS kernel bug it is a routine patch-priority item on standard Patch Tuesday cycles.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Privilege escalation in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service lets an authenticated, low-privileged attacker corrupt memory over the network to gain higher privileges on affected Windows 10, 11, and Server systems. The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free carrying a CVSS 8.8 with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released a patch; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +17
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Denial of service in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send crafted network requests that drive a request-handling routine into an infinite loop (CWE-835), exhausting CPU and rendering the federation service unavailable. All supported Windows Server releases hosting the AD FS role are impacted, and because the flaw requires no authentication and no user interaction (CVSS 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), it can knock out single sign-on for every relying-party application. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, so this is a patch-priority availability issue rather than a confirmed active-exploitation event.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Windows Server 2012 +17
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Remote code execution in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service across Windows 10, Windows 11 (through 26H1), and Windows Server 2012-2025 allows an authorized (PR:L) attacker to run arbitrary code over the network by triggering a use-after-free memory-corruption condition. Microsoft self-reported the flaw and has shipped fixed builds; SSVC rates exploitation as none and EPSS is low (0.48%, 38th percentile), so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis despite the high 8.8 CVSSv3.1 base score.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) service affects a broad range of Windows client and server releases, from Windows 10 1607 and Server 2012 through Windows 11 25H2/26H1 and Server 2025. A use-after-free (CWE-416) in the Windows Installer component lets a low-privileged authenticated attacker who already has local code execution corrupt memory to run code with elevated (SYSTEM-level) privileges. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the SSVC exploitation status is 'none', but the technical impact is rated total and Microsoft has shipped a patch.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in the Windows Netlogon service allows an authenticated network attacker to gain elevated privileges by triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition. The flaw affects a broad range of supported Windows client and server builds, from Windows Server 2012 through Windows 11 25H2/26H1 and Windows Server 2025, and was reported by Microsoft. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC currently rates exploitation as none, with a low EPSS of 0.62%.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Exploit Unlikely Act Now

Privilege elevation via a use-after-free in the Microsoft Windows DNS component lets a network-based, unauthenticated attacker corrupt memory and potentially gain higher privileges on affected Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025 systems. Microsoft rates it CVSS 9.8, and the SSVC assessment lists total technical impact but notes no observed exploitation and that it is not automatable. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not on CISA KEV; EPSS is low at 0.67% (48th percentile).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Elevation of privilege in the Windows Runtime (WinRT) component affects Windows 10 (21H2/22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2025, where a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw lets an already-authenticated local user run code at higher privilege. Microsoft has released a patch and reported the issue; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV. Given the CVSS 7.8 (Important) rating and full C/I/A impact, this is a standard local privilege-escalation risk suited for regular patch prioritization rather than emergency response.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +8
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Graphics Kernel component allows an authenticated attacker to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption condition. All currently supported Windows client and server builds are affected - from Windows 10 1809 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2019 through 2025. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; Microsoft has released a patch, and the CVSS 7.8 (Important) rating reflects high impact but a local-access, low-privilege prerequisite.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel lets an authenticated attacker who already has low-privileged code execution on a host elevate to SYSTEM by exploiting a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption. It affects a broad range of supported Windows client and server builds - Windows 10 (1809/21H2/22H2), Windows 11 (24H2/25H2/26H1), and Windows Server 2019/2022/2025 - and Microsoft has released a patch. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, so exploitation appears unproven publicly despite the reliably-exploitable nature of kernel UAF flaws.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +12
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Windows Kernel lets an authenticated low-privileged user exploit a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory corruption flaw to elevate to SYSTEM across a broad range of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server builds. Reported by Microsoft and rated CVSS 7.8, it is not currently in CISA KEV and has no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the EPSS score is low at 0.26% (17th percentile). A vendor patch is available via the MSRC update guide.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Backup Engine affects a broad range of Windows 10 (21H2, 22H2) and Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) builds, where a use-after-free (CWE-416) lets an already-authenticated local attacker corrupt memory and gain SYSTEM-level control. Microsoft rates it 7.8 (AV:L/PR:L) with total confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and a patch is available. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS is low at 0.25% (16th percentile).

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows (Windows 10 1607 through Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012 through 2025) arises from a use-after-free memory-corruption flaw (CWE-416) that lets an already-authenticated local user run code at elevated privilege. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.8 with a scope-changed vector, and Microsoft has shipped a fix via MSRC. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, so exploitation is currently theoretical rather than observed.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Brokering File System affects Windows 11 24H2/25H2/26H1 and Windows Server 2025, where a use-after-free (CWE-416) lets an already-authenticated local user corrupt memory to elevate to higher privileges (typically SYSTEM). Microsoft has released a patch and rates it 7.8 (High). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Client (the RDP client, mstsc.exe, shipped across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025) allows an unauthorized attacker to run arbitrary code over the network by triggering a use-after-free memory-corruption condition. Exploitation requires the victim to connect to an attacker-controlled or compromised RDP endpoint (UI:R), after which the malicious server can corrupt client-side memory to achieve full code execution. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV; a vendor patch is available from Microsoft.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +19
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