CVE-2025-49685

Published: Jul 8, 2025Modified: Jul 15, 2025

7.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Use after free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected (9)

Products: Microsoft: Windows 10 1809, Windows 10 21h2, Windows 10 22h2, Windows 11 22h2, Windows 11 23h2, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 23h2

8 products

Windows 10 1809

Windows 10 21h2

Windows 10 22h2

Windows 11 22h2

Windows 11 23h2

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 23h2

Configuration A

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 1809	Before 10.0.17763.7558
Microsoft Windows 10 1809	Before 10.0.17763.7558
Microsoft Windows 10 21h2	Before 10.0.19044.6093
Microsoft Windows 10 22h2	Before 10.0.19045.6093
Microsoft Windows 11 22h2	Before 10.0.22621.5624
Microsoft Windows 11 23h2	Before 10.0.22631.5624
Microsoft Windows Server 2019	Before 10.0.17763.7558
Microsoft Windows Server 2022	Before 10.0.20348.3932
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2	Before 10.0.25398.1732

Related CWEs

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (1)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49685

Source: secure@microsoft.com

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