Description

Microsoft is aware of vulnerabilities in the third party Agere Modem driver that ships natively with supported Windows operating systems. This is an announcement of the upcoming removal of ltmdm64.sys driver. The driver has been removed in the October cumulative update. Fax modem hardware dependent on this specific driver will no longer work on Windows. Microsoft recommends removing any existing dependencies on this hardware.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-10-14T17:00:10.973Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-26T17:47:29.261Z

Source :

microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-24990 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Microsoft
  • Windows
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 10 1507
  • Windows 10 1607
  • Windows 10 1809
  • Windows 10 21h2
  • Windows 10 21h2
  • Windows 10 22h2
  • Windows 10 22h2
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 11 22h2
  • Windows 11 22h2
  • Windows 11 23h2
  • Windows 11 23h2
  • Windows 11 24h2
  • Windows 11 24h2
  • Windows 11 25h2
  • Windows 11 2h2
  • Windows Server
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 Sp2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 23h2
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 23h2
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-24990.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24990 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24990 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-detection-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows cve-icon
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24990-mitigation-script-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-agere-modem-driver-affecting-windows cve-icon
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