microsoft windows-10 CVE-2022-21971 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on February 9, 2022

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Windows Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Runtime contains an unspecified vulnerability which allows for remote code execution.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 8, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-21971 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-21971

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Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows 11
 
Microsoft Windows Server
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
 

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