CVE-2022-21973 (GCVE-0-2022-21973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-09 17:06
Modified
2025-07-08 15:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Summary
Windows Media Center Update Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 7 Version: 6.1.0   < 6.1.7601.25898
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