Microsoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 6.0%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-14. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2025-11-04.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.