October 14, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-24990 — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-10-14- Federal due date
2025-11-04- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 86.3th percentile (score 0.028, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24990
CISA short 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.