Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Digest Authentication

Published: 2025-02-11 | Updated: 2025-03-10

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2025-21369 CVE-2025-21368
CWE-ID	CWE-122
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Windows Operating systems & Components / Operating system Windows Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Microsoft

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU103815

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21369

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Microsoft Digest Authentication. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Windows: 10 21H2 10.0.19041.3920 - 11 24H2 10.0.26100.2894

Windows Server: 2008 R2 6.1.7601.27067 - 2025 10.0.26100.2894

CPE2.3

External links

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21369

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU103816