vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2025-24084: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 11, 2025 | Mar 11, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 11, 2025
Added
Mar 11, 2025
Modified
Sep 17, 2025
Description
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5053602microsoft-windows-windows_11-23h2-kb5053602microsoft-windows-windows_11-24h2-kb5053598microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5053603microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5053603microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-23h2-kb5053599microsoft-windows-windows_server_2025-24h2-kb5053598
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