CVE-2022-21849
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-11 20:22
Modified
2025-01-02 18:22
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21849
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21849
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 Version: 10.0.17763.0   < 10.0.17763.2452
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.17763.2452
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Version: 10.0.17763.0   < 10.0.17763.2452
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.17763.0   < 10.0.17763.2452
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.18363.2037
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.19043.1466
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Version: 10.0.20348.0   < 10.0.20348.469
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.19042.1466
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   Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.19042.1466
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   Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2 Version: 10.0.0   < 10.0.22000.434
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 Version: 10.0.19043.0   < 10.0.19043.1466
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 Version: 10.0.10240.0   < 10.0.10240.19177
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   Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 Version: 10.0.14393.0   < 10.0.14393.4886
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Version: 10.0.14393.0   < 10.0.14393.4886
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.14393.0   < 10.0.14393.4886
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