Memory Safety
The latest Memory Safety coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Excel CVE-2025-54901: Patch Now for Critical Memory Disclosure, Mac Users Wait
Microsoft has released emergency security updates to patch a significant information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-54901, that can expose sensitive process memory...
Urgent Patch Alert: Windows VHD Bug CVE-2025-54112 Enables Full System Compromise
A single booby-trapped VHD file is all an attacker needs to jump from limited user to complete Windows server or workstation control. That’s the reality behind CVE-2025-54112, the latest...
Windows Firewall’s Memory Misfire: How CVE-2025-54094 Opens a Door to SYSTEM Privileges
A newly disclosed privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service allows attackers with a foothold on a system to seize complete control, elevating standard user...
CVE-2025-53810: Urgent Windows Type-Confusion Bug Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access
A type-confusion flaw in a core Windows service, tracked as CVE-2025-53810, allows any authenticated local user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM, Microsoft’s Security Response Center confirmed in a...
Microsoft Patches Type Confusion Flaw in Windows Defender Firewall That Risks System Compromise
Microsoft has released a security update to fix a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that could allow an authenticated attacker to gain...
Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Windows NTFS Driver: Unverified CVE-2025-54916 Drives Mitigation Urgency
A report of a high-severity Windows NTFS vulnerability—described as a stack-based buffer overflow allowing local code execution—has surfaced with the identifier CVE-2025-54916, though the CVE...
Microsoft's Hidden PowerPoint Flaw: Why CVE-2025-54908 Evades Verification but Demands Action
A newly surfaced Microsoft advisory for CVE-2025-54908 warns of a use-after-free vulnerability in PowerPoint that could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. However, when security...
CVE-2025-54899 Exposes Excel to Code Execution Attacks: Patch Deployed for Critical Memory-Safety Bug
Microsoft has released a security update to patch CVE-2025-54899, a memory-safety vulnerability in Excel that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine when a malicious...
Microsoft Patches Excel Vulnerability CVE-2025-54898: Out-of-Bounds Read Could Allow Code Execution
Microsoft has issued a security update for CVE-2025-54898, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that could be exploited by attackers to achieve local code execution when a user...
CVE-2025-54099: Windows Winsock Driver Stack Overflow Threatens SYSTEM Access
A stack-based buffer overflow in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) can be exploited by local attackers to seize SYSTEM privileges, Microsoft disclosed in a security...
Google Rushes Chrome 140 Fix for CVE-2025-9864 V8 Memory Bug, Microsoft Edge Also Patched
Google has released a critical security update for its Chrome browser, patching a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine that could let attackers hijack systems...
Microsoft Arms Windows Driver Devs with Rust Crates, But WHCP Certification Gaps Persist
Microsoft has officially opened the door for Rust in Windows driver development, publishing a comprehensive open-source workspace called windows-drivers-rs alongside a new Cargo extension, cargo-wdk,...