CVE-2025-29838 (GCVE-0-2025-29838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-13 16:59
Modified
2025-07-15 01:11
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.26100.0   < 10.0.26100.4061
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   Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 Version: 10.0.26100.0   < 10.0.26100.4061
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Version: 10.0.26100.0   < 10.0.26100.4061
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