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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-35250

Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Untrusted Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

Published Jun 11, 2024 · catalog updated Jul 20, 2026 · Microsoft Windows

Patch now

CVE-2024-35250 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 6, 2025. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
25.22%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 11 21h2

Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 1607version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 22h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 21h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 22h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 23h2version unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-35250

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-35250 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 6, 2025. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-822. EPSS 25.22%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 11, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

  2. Dec 16, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Jan 6, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jul 20, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-35250

    Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-35250

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-35250

    30-day exploitation probability 25.2%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/local/cve_2024_35250_ks_driver

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-35250

    Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-35250

    Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver contains an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.