microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2025-24983 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on March 11, 2025

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Use after free in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Win32k Use-After-Free Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 1, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-24983 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.0 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-24983 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-24983

You can be notified by stack.watch whenever vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-24983 are published in these products:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 
Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2025-24983?