CVE-2025-60716

23

FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-60716 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Windows DirectX, affecting various versions of Windows 10, 11, and Server. An authorized attacker can exploit this locally with high attack complexity to achieve privilege escalation, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently in CISA KEV or having public exploit code, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 10.0.17763.8027CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x64:*
		< 10.0.17763.8027CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x86:*
		< 10.0.19044.6575CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2::::::::
		< 10.0.19045.6575CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2::::::::
		< 10.0.22631.6199CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.0

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.35%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

27.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 1,525 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (30)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.25398.1965

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.8027

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.8027

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.8027

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.8027

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.4405

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.4405

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.4346

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.4346

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.6575

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.7171

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.7092

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.6199

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22631.6199

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-Nov/CVE-2025-60716Critical

DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60716

Vendor Advisory