CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-29838

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 13, 2025 | Modified: May 13, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29838
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Potential Mitigations

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29838

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