CVE-2025-24993
Published 2025-03-11 · Updated 2026-09-24 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2025-24993 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) 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
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Windows
Name: Microsoft Windows NTFS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow 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.