Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24990)
Severity: high · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-10-14 · CVE-2025-24990
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. CISA added CVE-2025-24990 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 14, 2025, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Nov 4, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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