CVE-2025-21298CriticalCVSS 9.8

Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
January 14, 2025
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-21298 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted email to the victim. Exploitation of the vulnerability might involve either a victim opening a specially crafted email with an affected version of Microsoft Outlook software, or a victim's Outlook application displaying a preview of a specially crafted email . This could result in the attacker executing remote code on the victim's machine.

What is OLE? Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a technology that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. For more information please visit: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Data Structures.

🎯 Affected products37

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • 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 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • +7 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5050008 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6775 KB5049983 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.3091 KB5049981 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.5371 KB5050021 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.4751 KB5049981 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.5371 KB5050009 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2894 KB5050021 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.4751 KB5049984 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1369 KB5050013 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20890 KB5049993 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7699 KB5050063 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.23070 KB5050061 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.23070 KB5050049 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27520 KB5050006 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27520 KB5050004 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.25273 KB5050048 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.22371

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