CVE-2026-70103
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting. An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally.
Risk Assessment
Local privilege escalation may allow an attacker to execute code with higher privileges and further compromise the system.
Recommendation
Install the latest Microsoft patches for Windows Error Reporting and monitor for unusual behavior in error reporting processes.
Other vulnerabilities in Windows Error Reporting
See all- CVE-2026-97815Critical
Windows Error Reporting is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-83748Critical
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-83693Critical
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-83519Critical
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-20817High
Improper handling of insufficient permissions in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2019-0863HighActively exploited
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Error Reporting (WER), due to improper file handling. A local attacker could exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
- CVE-2026-97798High
Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command ('argument injection') in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-85800High
A heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-85354High
Use after free in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-83916High
Double free in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
Original NVD description (English source)
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS