CVE-2025-65264

MEDIUM

CPUID CPU-Z < 2.17 - Information Disclosure via IOCTL Interface

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-65264. PoCs published by cwjchoi01.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository claims to be a PoC for CVE-2025-65264, an arbitrary kernel memory read vulnerability in CPU-Z driver versions 1.0.6.1 and earlier. However, the provided C++ code is a trivial 'Hello World' program with no exploit logic, making it a non-functional stub.

Description

The kernel driver of CPUID CPU-Z v2.17 and earlier does not validate user-supplied values passed via its IOCTL interface, allowing an attacker to access sensitive information via a crafted request.

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by cwjchoi01 · poc
https://github.com/cwjchoi01/CVE-2025-65264

The repository claims to be a PoC for CVE-2025-65264, an arbitrary kernel memory read vulnerability in CPU-Z driver versions 1.0.6.1 and earlier. However, the provided C++ code is a trivial 'Hello World' program with no exploit logic, making it a non-functional stub.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: CPU-Z driver (cpuz161.sys) version 1.0.6.1 and earlier
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a system with vulnerable CPU-Z driver loaded · Ability to send IOCTL requests to the driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cwjchoi01/CVE-2025-65264

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
cpuid/cpu-z < 2.17
Published Jan 27, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026