CVE-2025-24983
Published 2025-03-11 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2025-24983 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 11, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 1, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
All 390 known-exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities →Description
Use after free in Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows Win32k Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Date added: 2025-03-11 · Due: 2025-04-01
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.