Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2)

CVE-2025-24084
HIGH 8.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.70 % · percentile 53 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-822 — Untrusted Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2affected 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.5039
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.5039
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2affected 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.5039
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3476
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022affected 10.0.20348.0 < 10.0.20348.3328
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.25398.0 < 10.0.25398.1486
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3476
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.3476

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD