CVE-2025-21179

DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-12-05 CVE Reserved
2025-02-11 CVE Published
2025-02-12 EPSS Updated
2025-02-21 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21179	2025-02-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2025 (Server Core Installation) Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2025 (Server Core Installation)"				>= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2025 (Server Core Installation)" and version " >= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194"		en		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 11 Version 24H2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 Version 24H2"				>= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 Version 24H2" and version " >= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194"		en		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2025 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2025"				>= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2025" and version " >= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3194"		en		Affected