CVE-2025-24052 Windows Agere Modem Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the Agere Modem driver to gain elevated privileges on Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24052?
CVE-2025-24052 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 14 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24052?
It affects 16 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 and 10 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24052?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-24052 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24052 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-2m9g-5j83-7rj2.