CVE-2025-29838
Windows ExecutionContext Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows ExecutionContext Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-29838- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14427
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14427- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gvqh-2pg4-fc8q
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-gvqh-2pg4-fc8q- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Null pointer dereference in Windows Drivers allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-29838- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2025-29838 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published May 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.