CVE-2025-49743 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

An authorized local attacker can exploit a race condition in the Windows Graphics Component to elevate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-49743?

CVE-2025-49743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 12 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49743?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2025-49743?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-49743 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 10 1507 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h9r7-vqrg-9f4w.

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