Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10
CVE-2022-21881
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.242 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.250 · newest: 0.242 · change: -0.009
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 10 — versions 20h2, 21h1, 21h2
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 — versions 10.0.10240.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 — versions 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 — versions 10.0.17763.0, 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20h2 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h1 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2 — versions 10.0.19043.0
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 21h2 — versions 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 — versions 6.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-21881?
- CVE-2022-21881 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2022-01-11.
- How severe is CVE-2022-21881?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-21881 known to be exploited?
- 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.