CVE-2025-49682: Microsoft Windows 10 21h2

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 21h2: before 10.0.19044.6093 (fixed in 10.0.19044.6093)
• Microsoft Windows 10 22h2: before 10.0.19045.6093 (fixed in 10.0.19045.6093)
• Microsoft Windows 11 22h2: before 10.0.22621.5624 (fixed in 10.0.22621.5624)
• Microsoft Windows 11 23h2: before 10.0.22631.5624 (fixed in 10.0.22631.5624)
• Microsoft Windows 11 24h2: before 10.0.26100.4652 (fixed in 10.0.26100.4652)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022: before 10.0.20348.3932 (fixed in 10.0.20348.3932)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2: before 10.0.25398.1732 (fixed in 10.0.25398.1732)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2025: before 10.0.26100.4652 (fixed in 10.0.26100.4652)

Published 2025-07-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.