CVE-2025-21179 | DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: 2025-02-11 Last update: 2025-02-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-21179 is rated Moderate Risk (41.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21179

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-22 1.02% 0.51% -0.51%
2 2026-03-13 0.63% 1.02% +0.39%
3 2026-02-05 — 0.63% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21179

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-21179

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21179

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.3107 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.3107 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

References for CVE-2025-21179

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