CRITICAL 9.8 Microsoft PoC

CVE-2025-50165

Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Security Update 2025-Aug: Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected Products

Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2025

References

Published: 2025-08-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-10

This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2025-08-12 via Microsoft. 🚨 A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. EPSS score: 9.5% (top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation), Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems and 1 more.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2025-08-12 · 362 days ago

Public PoC Exploit AvailableWeaponised proof-of-concept code is publicly accessible

Remediation Resources

Official Advisory

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-50165

NVD / MITRE

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50165

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