CVE-2025-49724: Windows Connected Devices Platform Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 8.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Remote Code Execution
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
More Likely
Patch Tuesday
2025-Jul
Released
2025-07-08
EPSS Score
0.70% (percentile: 72.0%)

Description

Use after free in Windows Connected Devices Platform Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

FAQ

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, a remote unauthenticated attacker would need to send specially crafted traffic to a system with the "Nearby Sharing" feature enabled and to convince a user to take specific actions.

Affected Products (21)

Windows

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2025

ESU

  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems

Security Updates (6)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/lewislee53">Lewis Lee</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ver0759">Chunyang Han</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/edwardzpeng">Zhiniang Peng</a> with <a href="https://english.hust.edu.cn/">HUST</a>

Revision History

  • 2025-07-08: Information published.