CVE-2025-24997
DirectX Graphics Kernel File Denial of Service Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
DirectX Graphics Kernel File Denial of Service Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-24997- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-6347
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-6347- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-44vj-x828-cfmj
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service...
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
GHSA-44vj-x828-cfmj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel Memory allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-24997- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-24997 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published March 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.