We immediately set out to reproduce the exploit and investigate what obstacles and challenges might arise when trying to exploit this classic heap overflow vulnerability on the latest Windows platforms, with security mitigations becoming increasingly stringent. So why is it that even on the latest Windows Server 2025, with all security mitigations enabled, this memory vulnerability can still be fully exploited? Zhiniang Peng answered: “Currently, with all the latest mitigations fully enabled on Windows, it is extremely difficult to remotely exploit a memory corruption vulnerability.