Microsoft Windows: Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
What to do: Run Windows Update and restart the PC.
- Affects
- Microsoft Windows
- Identifier
- CVE-2025-24990
- What it is
- 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.
- Official guidance
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.