Tag #Zero-Day Exploits

What specific vulnerabilities in Windows 11 were exploited at the Pwn2Own hackathon, and what was the potential impact of these exploits?

At the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hackathon on May 15th, three hackers successfully exploited vulnerabilities in Windows 11, escalating privileges to system level. These exploits, a use-after-free and integer overflow, an out-of-bounds memory write, and a type confusion vulnerability, earned the hackers a combined $75,000 in prize money.