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