high7.8Known exploited
CVE-2025-24990
Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2025-10-14. Federal due date: 2025-11-04.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
Microsoft Windows Agere Modem Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1507 | before 10.0.10240.21161 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1607 | before 10.0.14393.8519 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1809 | before 10.0.17763.7919 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 21h2 | before 10.0.19044.6456 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 22h2 | before 10.0.19045.6456 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 22h2 | before 10.0.22621.6060 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 23h2 | through 10.0.22631.6060 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 24h2 | before 10.0.26100.6899 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 25h2 | before 10.0.26200.6899 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 | All versions Version r2 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 | All versions Version r2 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | through 10.0.14393.8519 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-detection-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-mitigation-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24990