july 2025 updates

  1. Windows Imaging Component CVE-2025-47980: Info-Disclosure Risk and Patch Guidance

    Below is a detailed, publish-ready technical brief on the Windows Imaging Component information-disclosure issue you asked about. I’ve also checked the public advisories and noticed a likely mismatch in the CVE number you supplied — see the “Note on the CVE number” section first. Note on the CVE...
  2. July 2025 Windows Server 2025 Update Crashes AMD EPYC DL325 with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    An HPE ProLiant DL325 class server running Windows Server 2025 has been reported to crash to a Blue Screen of Death with the stop code IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (what failed: ntoskrnl.exe) after applying the July 2025 cumulative updates (KB5062553 and follow-ons), sparking fresh warnings for server...
  3. CVE-2025-49723: StateRepository API Local Tampering and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for the StateRepository API points to a missing authorization check that can be abused by a locally authorized attacker to tamper with files and escalate privileges — but there’s an important CVE-number mismatch in public reporting that every admin must...