CVE-2026-70234
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs
Summary
Buffer over-read in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Risk Assessment
An attacker with local access could read memory beyond the intended buffer, potentially leaking sensitive information from the process.
Recommendation
Install the latest Windows security patches covering the Desktop Window Manager component.
Other vulnerabilities in Desktop Window Manager
See all- CVE-2026-96108High
A use after free vulnerability in Desktop Window Manager allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges locally. The flaw arises from the use of freed memory.
- CVE-2026-88093High
Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager. An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-70255High
Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-70228High
Out-of-bounds read in the Desktop Window Manager component. An authorized attacker can elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-69974Medium
Out-of-bounds read in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- CVE-2026-69926High
Type confusion (access of resource using incompatible type) in Desktop Window Manager. An authorized attacker can exploit this flaw to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-69880High
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-65788High
Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-65787High
Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-65786High
Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Original NVD description (English source)
Buffer over-read in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

