CVE-2025-47972: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A race condition vulnerability was identified in Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) tracked as CVE-2025-47972. The vulnerability was discovered and reported to Microsoft, who disclosed it on July 8, 2025. The issue affects multiple versions of Windows operating systems including Windows 11 (versions 22H2, 23H2, 24H2) and Windows Server 2025 (NVD, CVE).

The vulnerability is classified as a concurrent execution issue using shared resource with improper synchronization, also known as a race condition (CWE-362). Microsoft has assigned this vulnerability a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.0 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is exploitable over a network, requires high attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network. The high CVSS score indicates severe potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their July 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. The fixes are available for affected versions of Windows through Windows Update (Microsoft Updates).