Windows Domain Name Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in DNS Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Published
- Mar 11, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.3% · 69th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-416
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Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · microsoft
- 8.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows server 2008 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012 |
| microsoft | windows server 2016 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016 |
| microsoft | windows server 2019 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 23h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2025 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025 |
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft windows server 2008all versions
- microsoft windows server 2008r2
- microsoft windows server 2012all versions
- microsoft windows server 2012r2
- microsoft windows server 2016before 10.0.14393.7876
- microsoft windows server 2019before 10.0.17763.7009
- microsoft windows server 2022before 10.0.20348.3270
- microsoft windows server 2022after 10.0.20348.3270 · before 10.0.20348.3328
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2before 10.0.25398.1486
- microsoft windows server 2025before 10.0.26100.3403
- microsoft windows server 2025after 10.0.26100.3403 · before 10.0.26100.3476
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- 6.1.7601.0 and later · before 6.1.7601.27618affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- 6.1.7601.0 and later · before 6.1.7601.27618affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- 6.0.6003.0 and later · before 6.0.6003.23168affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- 6.0.6003.0 and later · before 6.0.6003.23168affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- 6.2.9200.0 and later · before 6.2.9200.25368affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- 6.2.9200.0 and later · before 6.2.9200.25368affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- 6.3.9600.0 and later · before 6.3.9600.22470affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- 6.3.9600.0 and later · before 6.3.9600.22470affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.7876affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.7876affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.7009affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.7009affected
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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- CVE-2025-2129756 days apartWindows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability32Monitor
- CVE-2025-2983163 days apartWindows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability30Monitor
- CVE-2024-20655427 days apartMicrosoft Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability26Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-416 · Use After FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-416 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);Fixed
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.