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CVE-2025-24990 KEV

7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 93)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-11-04.

Description

Microsoft is aware of vulnerabilities in the third party Agere Modem driver that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. This is an announcement of the upcoming removal of ltmdm64.sys driver. The driver has been removed in the October cumulative update. Fax modem hardware dependent on this specific driver will no longer work on Windows. Microsoft recommends removing any existing dependencies on this hardware.

Scoring

CVSS7.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS6.37% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-822
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2025-11-04
Public exploitnone known
Published2025-10-14
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameMicrosoft Windows Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Added2025-10-14
Due2025-11-04
Vendor / productMicrosoft / Windows
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (16)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 10 1507
microsoftwindows 10 1607
microsoftwindows 10 1809
microsoftwindows 10 21h2
microsoftwindows 10 22h2
microsoftwindows 11 22h2
microsoftwindows 11 23h2
microsoftwindows 11 24h2
microsoftwindows 11 25h2
microsoftwindows server 2008
microsoftwindows server 2012
microsoftwindows server 2016
microsoftwindows server 2019
microsoftwindows server 2022
microsoftwindows server 2022 23h2
microsoftwindows server 2025

References

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