CVE-2025-24084 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24084

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-822
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24084
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-03-11T16:59:17.033Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T21:15:27.820Z

Reserved: 2025-01-16T23:11:19.738Z

Link: CVE-2025-24084

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-11T18:25:39.220Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-03-11T17:16:33.523

Modified: 2025-03-11T17:16:33.523

Link: CVE-2025-24084

Redhat

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