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CVE-2025-24990 — Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

CISA KEV listed Added October 14, 2025 Remediate by November 4, 2025

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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