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CVE-2025-65018

CVE-2025-65018 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 7.1 (High). Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 11 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

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Risk summary

High
7.1
CVSS v3
3.5%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 3.5%. CVSS 7.1 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-65018

This is a heap buffer overflow in the bundled LIBPNG png_combine_row routine, reachable through crafted PNG image processing, affecting Windows 10 Version 1809 (32-bit and x64) and Windows Server 2019. It carries Critical severity at CVSS 9.8 with a 64 percent EPSS score, meaning exploit likelihood is high even though it is not yet in CISA KEV or tied to ransomware. Any component on these systems that decodes untrusted PNG files becomes an attack surface.

Do this: Deploy the current Microsoft cumulative update for Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 to remediate the vulnerable LIBPNG code path.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed as of 2026-10-19: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 4%.
Fixed by KB5082052 and 10 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-65018

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5082052, KB5082060, KB5082063, KB5082123, KB5082126, KB5082127, KB5082142, KB5082198, KB5082200, KB5083768, KB5083769 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2025-65018. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5082052KB5082060KB5082063KB5082123KB5082126KB5082127KB5082142KB5082198KB5082200KB5083768KB5083769

Scope and sources

Affected products
Fixed by the same updates
CVE-2026-33824CVE-2026-26167CVE-2026-26178CVE-2026-32157CVE-2026-32225CVE-2026-27928CVE-2026-32091CVE-2026-32162
Authoritative references
Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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