CVE-2025-24990: Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
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.
· high severity · unattributed attribution
Evidence and provenance
- Original source
- CISA KEV report ↗
- Published
- 2025-10-14T00:00:00Z
- Confidence basis
- No actor match
- Record ID
3e4e6c2cc93f3086bed7
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-24990
Use and citation
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