PT-2022-1675 · Microsoft · Windows

Abdelhamid Naceri · Published 2022-02-08 · Updated 2023-08-08 · CVE-2022-22002

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in the implementation of the user account profile picture in Windows operating systems. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service, allowing an attacker to affect the system. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-00925

CVE-2022-22002

ZDI-22-317

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22002 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22002 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-317 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00925 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22002 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-22002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/26773 · Telegram Post