{"id":80248,"date":"2025-10-02T04:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:34:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-07T04:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:32:28","slug":"cve-2025-53151-high-severity-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-windows-kernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53151-high-severity-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-windows-kernel\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53151: High Severity Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Windows Kernel<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a high severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-53151, in the Windows Kernel. This vulnerability, a use-after-free issue, provides an avenue for an authorized attacker to potentially elevate their privileges within the system, leading to a variety of potential attacks including system compromise and data leakage. Given the widespread usage of Windows in both personal computing and corporate environments, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36901-critical-wlan-vulnerability-in-android-affecting-google-pixel-devices\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87426\">vulnerability has the potential to affect<\/a> a vast number of systems globally, emphasizing the critical need for immediate attention and mitigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53151<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10034-d-link-dir-825-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87478\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2483095598\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Windows OS | All versions prior to the vendor patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploitation of CVE-2025-53151 involves the misuse of a freed memory space within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54110-windows-kernel-integer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89193\">Windows Kernel<\/a>. In a typical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36854-critical-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-asp-net-leads-to-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87773\">use-after-free vulnerability<\/a>, the memory is erroneously freed while references to it still exist. An attacker with low-level privileges can then manipulate this memory space, potentially leading to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36891-high-risk-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87419\">elevation of their access privileges<\/a>. This type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47128-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87449\">vulnerability often leads<\/a> to the corruption of valid data, crashes, and code execution, including the potential for system compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-71618924\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>While actual exploit code would be inappropriate to share, a conceptual example of this type of exploit might look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#include &lt;windows.h&gt;\nvoid exploit() {\nHANDLE hDevice;\nDWORD lpBytesReturned;\nchar devicename[] = &quot;\\\\\\\\.\\\\VulnerableDevice&quot;;\nchar inputBuffer[2000];\nmemset(inputBuffer, 0x41, sizeof(inputBuffer));\nhDevice = CreateFileA(devicename, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);\nif (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {\nprintf(&quot;Unable to open %s\\n&quot;, devicename);\nreturn;\n}\nDeviceIoControl(hDevice, 0x222003, inputBuffer, sizeof(inputBuffer), NULL, 0, &amp;lpBytesReturned, NULL);\nCloseHandle(hDevice);\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the exploit attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9938-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-d-link-di-8400-16-07-26a1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87448\">overflow the input buffer of a vulnerable<\/a> device driver, potentially leading to the corruption of adjacent memory and the execution of arbitrary code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to immediately apply the vendor-provided patch. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by identifying and blocking exploitation attempts. Regular system monitoring and updates should also be maintained to prevent future vulnerabilities.<br \/>\nRemember, a proactive approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/ameeba-announces-cybersecurity-internship-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87720\">cybersecurity<\/a> can save invaluable time and resources in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a high severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-53151, in the Windows Kernel. This vulnerability, a use-after-free issue, provides an avenue for an authorized attacker to potentially elevate their privileges within the system, leading to a variety of potential attacks including system compromise and data leakage. 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