CVE-2025-24990

Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

Microsoft — Windows

Added to KEV catalog: 14 October 2025
Federal remediation due date: 4 November 2025
Weakness classification (CWE): CWE-822

CISA Description

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.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24990

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